Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), and Roger Marshall (KS-01) released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announced a proposed rule to streamline Medicare coverage for cutting-edge medical innovations.
“We are pleased to see CMS’s proposal to help increase… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Peter Welch (VT-At-large), and Darin LaHood (IL-18) introduced the Value in Health Care Act, a bipartisan bill that will make commonsense changes to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. The bill specifically amends many of the program parameters of Medicare’s Alternative Payment Models (APMs). The changes will… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Congressman Fred Upton (MI-06) announced the launch of the Congressional Medical Technology (MedTech) Caucus, a bipartisan effort to educate Congress on and bring awareness to policies impacting innovative medical technology and patients who depend on it.
Medical devices and breakthrough technologies improve the lives of millions of… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425), legislation that will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to lower health costs and prescription drug prices. This vote comes days after the Trump administration again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of the ACA.
“The Affordable Care Act has… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s call to slow down COVID-19 testing.
“The assertion by the president, joking or not, that the United States should slow down COVID-19 testing is all but an admission that he and his administration have failed to adequately respond to this pandemic. After dealing with this virus for nearly… Read more »
A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives now supports the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (H.R. 3107), introduced by Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS-01), and Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07). The bill would streamline and standardize prior authorization in Medicare Advantage (MA) and make the use of prior… Read more »
The following statement can be attributed to Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01).
“As Co-Chair of the Congressional Kidney Caucus, I welcome the announcement UW Medicine is leading the medical community in addressing racial bias in our health care system by no longer using race as a correction factor when determining kidney function. The race-based correction factor, which has no… Read more »
Representative Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement today after the Trump administration submitted a report to Congress outlining its national testing strategy:
“Over 1,000 lives have been lost in Washington state from this pandemic. People in my district and across our state have been responding to this crisis the longest and they deserve leadership from the federal… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its next major piece of urgently-needed legislation to address the COVID-19 outbreak, the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800). This bill will protect American lives and our economy from the devastation of this pandemic.
“The House of Representatives continues to meet this historic crisis with bold action to protect Americans and ward off an economic… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement in response to reports the Trump administration is considering creating a national COVID-19 surveillance system that would collect personal health data:
“We need to be strategic in how we address the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. This includes making the best decisions regarding resource allocation… Read more »
