Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Darin LaHood (IL-16), Kim Schrier, MD (WA-08), Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Larry Bucshon, MD (IN-08) introduced a bipartisan bill that would make commonsense changes to Medicare’s Alternative Payment Models (APMs) program to incentivize greater participation in value-based health programs. The Value in Health Care Act… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) pushed to protect cancer patients from Republicans’ efforts to cut Medicare payments to leading cancer centers around the country. DelBene offered an amendment during a Ways & Means committee markup that would exempt dedicated cancer centers, which treat patients with some of the most serious cancer diagnoses and perform cutting-edge research… Read more »
Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Larry Bucshon, MD (IN-08), and Ami Bera, MD (CA-06), released the following statement on efforts to modernize and streamline prior authorization following today’s Ways & Means markup.
“The ‘Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act’ continues to gain momentum in the 118th Congress following unanimous passage in the U.S.… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
“In the year since the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping millions of Americans of the right to essential reproductive health care, we have witnessed the real-world consequences of… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), and Senators John Thune (SD), Sherrod Brown (OH), Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS), and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to quickly finalize a set of proposed rules that would deliver quality care to seniors on Medicare… Read more »
More than 230 House members and 61 senators are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make changes to a rule the agency proposed in December to require health insurance companies to modernize the way they process requests from providers to authorize treatments.
Led by Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), the bipartisan group of… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) introduced the American Family Act, legislation that would make permanent the expanded and improved monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC).
The expanded and improved CTC that was signed into law as part of the American Rescue Plan was based on the American Family Act and served as the largest tax cut… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Ron Estes (KS-04) and Senators Michael Bennet (CO) and Marsha Blackburn (TN) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve access to emergency air medical services that are critical for saving lives, particularly for Americans living in rural communities. The Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act would use data… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement.
“The bipartisan budget agreement that I supported today will protect American families and our economy from a devastating default on our nation’s bills. It also will shield our veterans, seniors, law enforcement, and schools from the worst of the extreme House Republican demands they issued while holding our… Read more »
A major investment was made in Kirkland on Tuesday, where a new shelter is working to open its doors.
The new Willows Youth Services Center will provide emergency shelter as well as mental and behavioral health services to teens and young adults. On Tuesday, Congressmember Suzan DelBene delivered a $1 million check to help expand the center's capacity and… Read more »
