Health

Reps. Suzan DelBene, Diana DeGette, Louise Slaughter, Jan Schakowsky, Barbara Lee, Judy Chu, Jerrold Nadler and Katherine Clark today blasted Republicans’ latest changes to their disastrous healthcare repeal bill, which threatens the health and well-being of women and families. Under the latest version of the Republican bill, states would be allowed to kick new mothers off Medicaid… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene and Pramila Jayapal have been forcefully speaking out against the House Republicans’ extremely destructive Trumpcare bill as it has speedily made its way through committee in the House of Representatives. These videos show them in action. Click here to watch the videos. Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today opposed the Republican health bill that strips healthcare from 24 million Americans and forces working families to shoulder thousands of dollars more in out-of-pocket costs each year. “This destructive proposal does nothing for middle-class families but threaten their lives and their financial security. We should build upon the reforms… Read more »

A Republican bill to replace Obamacare would lead to 14 million fewer Americans with health insurance by 2018 and 24 million by 2026, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday in an analysis that could make the controversial legislation even tougher for GOP leaders to push through Congress. Most of the initial increase in uninsured people in 2018 would come from consumers… Read more »

Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare, on a fast track through Congress, puts at risk our state's Medicaid program and reduces access to coverage for "our most vulnerable citizens," the president of the Washington State Medical Association said Thursday. The warning, from Dr. Shane Macaulay, supports an analysis delivered Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee.   Under the… Read more »

Faced with sky-high private sector wages and turbulent-to-tanking morale, the U.S. government at all levels faces a worsening shortage of capable technologists, in part because of an exodus of top talent in key cybersecurity positions within the intelligence community. Getting highly sought-after people to come work for the government longterm is one question, but… Read more »

For more than seven years, Republicans have complained about the so-called Cadillac tax on the most expensive job-based health-insurance plans. But their health-care legislation—which abolishes the rest of the 2010 health law’s major tax increases—doesn’t repeal the tax. Instead, they propose to postpone the tax’s start date from 2020 to 2025, a concession… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored Republican’s healthcare repeal bill: “While some may use ‘alternative facts,’ my constituents and I live in reality. And there is no denying that the CBO score confirms this is a dangerous and irresponsible bill that threatens to… Read more »

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 »