Health

Movie producers, when they expect poor reviews, often won’t screen a movie for film critics before it’s released, pinning their hopes on advertising and hype to sell tickets. Something similar must have been behind House Republicans’ release of their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. President Trump is offering up hype via Twitter: “healthcare… Read more »

Seattle-area Reps. Dave Reichert and Suzan DelBene stuck with their respective parties in Thursday’s predawn hours, as a Republican-backed bill to abolish large portions of former President Obama’s health-care law moved forward. Reichert voted with his fellow Republicans to advance the bill through the House Ways and Means Committee, while DelBene sided with every Democrat in… Read more »

Less than two days after they unveiled their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans are taking the first legislative steps toward enacting that legislation. The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing — known as a markup — on the Republican bill, the American Health Care Act. Two Seattle-area members of Congress — Republican… Read more »

A report released by Democratic congresswoman Suzan DelBene on March 3 reveals that 421,100 individuals in congressional district 1 are on track to lose preventative health insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is repealed. The report was released just days before the U.S. House of Representatives rolled out a plan to repeal the ACA on March 6. In… Read more »

The House Ways and Means Committee early Thursday morning cleared its portion of a bill intended to gut Obamacare and partially replace it, taking the first step towards getting the legislation to the House floor. The committee completed its markup of its part of the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership's bill to gut Obamacare and partially replace it. The committee's portion… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) joined colleagues in writing to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) urging them to look into improving access to genetic testing and patient outcomes through precision medicine. “Investments in genomics research have led to the development of technologies that present nearly… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today opposed the Republican health bill that increases out-of-pocket costs for middle-class families and strips healthcare from tens of millions who received coverage through the Affordable Care Act. In addition to hiking co-pays and deductibles for middle-class families, the Republican bill gives a $7 million tax break to each of the 400 wealthiest… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement on the Republican’s bill, which strips healthcare from tens of millions who received coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and increases out-of-pocket costs for middle-class families: “It’s no wonder this bill was kept under lock and key until the very last second. Instead of building… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released a congressional report Friday on the devastating effects repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have on Washington’s 1st District. Since the ACA was implemented, the uninsured rate in the 1st District has dropped from 11.1 percent to just 5.1 percent. If Pres. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans succeed in dismantling the… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today cosponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act (H.R. 1322), a bill that aims to prevent state restrictions from threatening women’s access to reproductive healthcare. “Nearly 44 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled women have a constitutional right to decide whether and when to have a child. But at no time since 1973 has a… Read more »