Health

DelBene, Wenstrup, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Promoting Faster Access to ‘Breakthrough’ Medical Products

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), along with Bilirakis (FL-12), Cárdenas (CA-29), Moore (UT-01), Sewell (AL-07), Guthrie (KY-02), and Eshoo (CA-16), introduced the Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, legislation that would provide Medicare beneficiaries with faster access to safe, effective breakthrough medical…

DelBene Hosts Roundtable on Republicans’ Assault on Reproductive Rights

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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) hosted a roundtable with state officials, abortion care providers, advocates, and Washingtonians who have had abortions to discuss how right-wing attacks on reproductive rights are impacting Washington state and what can be done to advance and protect reproductive health care. Even though Washington protects abortion access through state law,…

DelBene Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address

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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following statement on President Biden’s State of the Union address.  “Tonight, President Biden highlighted the historic progress that he and Congressional Democrats have made over the past two years - creating millions of good-paying jobs, lowering costs for working families, and starting to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure. He also…

DelBene, Walberg, Craig, Estes, Sherrill, Allen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Telehealth Benefits for American Workers

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Tim Walberg (MI-07), Angie Craig (MN-02), Ron Estes (KS-04), Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), and Rick Allen (GA-12) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to employer-sponsored telehealth benefits. The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would allow employers to offer workers stand-alone telehealth benefits, similar to dental and…

DelBene, Bucshon, Cardin, Young Call on Biden to Invest $25M to Develop World’s First Artificial Kidney, Improve Kidney Care

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Larry Bucshon (IN-08) and Senators Ben Cardin (MD) and Todd Young (IN) urged the Biden administration to improve the health of millions of Americans living with kidney disease by turbocharging investments in kidney innovation and research. In a bipartisan, bicameral letter, the lawmakers call for a $25 million investment in President…

DelBene Secures $19.4M for Community Projects in FY23 Federal Funding Package

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Today, the House passed the fiscal year 2023 funding legislation, which included over $19 million for 15 community projects across Washington’s 1st Congressional District that were championed by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01). These range from road and trail improvements, expanded mental health facilities, and support for farmer’s markets and senior services. DelBene submitted 15…

Prior Auth Leaders Welcome Draft CMS Rule as Adding Momentum Passing Legislation

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule Tuesday evening that brings Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Senator Roger Marshall, M.D.’s (KS) legislation to improve care for seniors, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173), one step closer to becoming law.   This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would…

DelBene, Blunt Rochester Introduce Legislation to Protect Families from Utility Shutoffs During Extreme Weather Events

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Today, Congresswomen Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At-Large) introduced the Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events (PUDDLE) Act to protect families from having their electricity shut off during extreme weather events like heat waves and cold snaps. The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) prohibits electric utilities from…

Kidney Caucus Celebrates 50 Years Milestone of Medicare’s Dialysis Benefit

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), Co-chairs of the Congressional Kidney Caucus, released the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Medicare’s End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program: “37 million Americans are living with kidney disease and Medicare’s End-Stage Renal Disease Program has been the difference between life and…