Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Jeff Duncan (SC-03) introduced the Chronic Care Management Improvement Act (H.R. 2829), bipartisan legislation that will facilitate better chronic care management (CCM) for the more than 22 million Medicare beneficiaries with chronic diseases. Chronic care management has been shown to meaningfully lower patient costs and improve health… Read more »
Homelessness so often coupled with drug and mental health issues, and home ownership becoming more challenging due to a lack of affordable housing were much on the minds of residents at a recent Coffee Klatch hosted by Mayor Jon Nehring with special guest Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01).
“Homelessness, and drugs and mental health – and a lot of times they all… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) presented HealthPoint with a $2 million check for its new Redmond Health Center. DelBene secured the investment in the FY23 federal omnibus funding package.
HealthPoint’s new Redmond facility will provide quality primary health and dental care to low-income members of the community who often experience barriers to care. It will be located at the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement on a ruling by a federal judge in Texas striking down an Affordable Care Act provision that provides free preventive care to millions of Americans, shifting the cost back to patients.
“Preventive care is fundamental health care. This decision leverages extreme MAGA ideology to rip health care away from millions… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Mike Kelly (PA-16), lead sponsors of the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, welcomed reports that UnitedHealthcare and other private Medicare Advantage plans are reducing their use of prior authorization.
“The news that UnitedHealthcare and other private Medicare Advantage plans are finally reducing burdensome paperwork that is… Read more »
It has been several months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that also overturned decades of legal precedent that gave the right to terminate a pregnancy.
The right to an abortion is no longer considered a federally guaranteed legal right. Individual states have scrambled to pass their own laws to restrict access to abortions and certain kinds of… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement on the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
“Thirteen years ago, the Affordable Care Act changed health care in the United States forever. Now, over 35 million Americans have gained quality, affordable health care as a result. This law has become a pillar of American society, providing families the comfort of… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), Co-chairs of the Congressional Kidney Caucus, released the following statement after the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) announced an initiative to modernize the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network:
“Every year thousands of potentially lifesaving organs are… Read more »
Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), along with Bilirakis (FL-12), Cárdenas (CA-29), Moore (UT-01), Sewell (AL-07), Guthrie (KY-02), and Eshoo (CA-16), introduced the Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, legislation that would provide Medicare beneficiaries with faster access to safe, effective breakthrough medical… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) hosted a roundtable with state officials, abortion care providers, advocates, and Washingtonians who have had abortions to discuss how right-wing attacks on reproductive rights are impacting Washington state and what can be done to advance and protect reproductive health care.
Even though Washington protects abortion access through state law,… Read more »
