Health

When the Epipen price hike made headlines, Congress demanded a hearing with pharmaceutical company Mylan to figure out why the costs soared. Now, some lawmakers are demanding answers from ‘Big Pharma’ about the cost of naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote- sometimes called by one of its brand names, NARCAN. Click here to read the whole story. Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price about the administration’s ongoing efforts to cut programs that support women and their access to healthcare. “Family planning shouldn’t be a partisan issue,” DelBene said at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Trump’s HHS budget.… Read more »

Today, an interim final Trump Administration rule that would allow any employer to be exempt from the requirement to provide health insurance that includes contraception was leaked to the public. Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Jackie Speier (CA-14), who recently sent a letter to Ivanka Trump… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored Republican’s healthcare repeal bill: “Today’s report is a stark reminder of just how reckless it was for Congress to vote on sweeping healthcare legislation without knowing how many middle-class families it would harm. There is no denying that… Read more »

Today, Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) sent a letter to Ivanka Trump inviting her to a meeting on women’s health issues, including access to affordable contraception. “Given your stated passion about women’s issues and empowerment, we found your silence… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) strongly opposed the Republicans’ attempt to gut the American healthcare system. Their bill, which passed on a partisan 217-213 vote, would cause 24 million people to lose their healthcare if it becomes law. At the last minute, Republicans also added an amendment to eliminate protections for millions of Americans with pre-existing medical… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today issued the following statement after supporting the omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017, which passed the House of Representatives on a 309-118 vote: “While this bill is certainly a compromise, I am relieved to see some of the critical investments I have fought for included, such as increased funding for the National… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today helped reintroduce the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, which would ban the harmful practice of so-called “conversion therapy.” “There is no scientific basis or evidence for these so-called ‘conversion therapies,’” DelBene said. “Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender don’t need… Read more »

As Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives hem and haw over when and how to make a second attempt at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, President Trump has an opportunity to work with Democrats to keep one of his campaign promises and claim a major victory: protecting Social Security. Trump, in his promise, meant that he wouldn’t seek cuts to Social Security… Read more »

Dear Friend, Last week, I, along with many of you, fought against the Republicans’ healthcare bill, which failed to live up to the President’s promise of “insurance for everybody.” I’m relieved it failed to even come up for a vote, as 24 million Americans were at risk of losing health coverage under the misguided legislation — while millions more… Read more »