Health

Dear Friend, While Senate leaders may have delayed the vote, they are continuing to push their healthcare repeal bill that causes millions to lose health insurance, raises costs for middle-class families, decimates Medicaid and guts protections for women and seniors. We should be working together to give people better coverage at lower cost, not forcing them to pay more for… Read more »

BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today met with researchers at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research center. President Trump’s budget would cut NIH funding by more than $7 billion, despite broad bipartisan support for the federal medical research agency. DelBene… Read more »

Carole Hood is battling both bone cancer and breast cancer. Right now, Medicare pays for her treatment, but she fears the burden will fall on her if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. “[Medicare] has always done the best and if they cut that, I don’t know what I would do,” Hood said. The Virginia woman moved to Monroe’s Brookdale assisted living facility to be… Read more »

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., ended his news conference announcing his opposition to the Senate draft health bill by attacking its effect on premiums. Heller noted it would be a lie to say that the bill would lower premiums because there "isn't anything in the bill that would lower premiums." Heller's attack follows a statement from four conservative senators opposing the bill in its… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their healthcare repeal bill: “It’s shameful the Senate is doubling down on House Republicans’ deeply unpopular, dangerous healthcare bill that robs millions of their health insurance, raises costs for middle-class families, decimates Medicaid and guts… Read more »

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 »