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Mental Health Groups Endorse Bipartisan Prior Authorization Legislation

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Today, a coalition of 46 mental health advocacy organizations endorsed bipartisan reforms that would modernize and streamline the prior authorization process. Led by the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG), the coalition sent a letter to the sponsors of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173/S. 3018) announcing their support for the bipartisan legislation that would…

DelBene, Walorski, Walberg, Craig Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Benefits for American Workers

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Tim Walberg (MI-07), and Angie Craig (MN-01) introduced the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act, bipartisan legislation that would expand Americans’ access to employer-sponsored health benefits by classifying telehealth as an excepted benefit. The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would allow job…

President Biden Signs Federal Funding Package, Including Key DelBene Priorities

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Today, President Biden signed the fiscal year 2022 appropriations package into law, which included a number of Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s (WA-01) priorities. DelBene helped secure: $5 million for KidneyX, a program aimed at accelerating innovation, research, treatment, and preventative care for kidney disease. A requirement that the Defense Department only buy American-made…

New Data Underscores Need to Reform Prior Authorization, Improve Care for Seniors

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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) issued the following statement on the American Medical Association’s 2021 prior authorization survey. “The data is clear that the prior authorization status quo delays care, worsens health outcomes, and is an additional barrier for seniors, families, and medical providers. We need to bring this practice into the 21st century so that seniors can…

DelBene Announces $750K to Strengthen Family Planning Services in WA

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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that a $750,000 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant is being awarded to the Washington State Department of Health to fortify Title X family planning services and expand reproductive health care access across the state. This grant program was made possible by the American Rescue Plan and will help protect patients…

DelBene, Bucshon Call on Biden Administration to Prioritize Kidney Innovation in FY 2023 Executive Budget

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Today, Congressional Kidney Caucus Co-Chairs Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Larry Bucshon (IN-08) called on the Biden administration to prioritize investments in kidney innovation and research in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Executive Budget. In a letter signed by 18 members of Congress, the lawmakers urged the administration to include $25 million for KidneyX, a public-private partnership…

Legislation to Streamline Care and Reform Health Insurance for Seniors Reaches Bipartisan House Majority

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Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Ami Bera (CA-07), and Larry Bucshon (IN-08) secured the support of a bipartisan majority for the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173) with 227 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would improve care for seniors by streamlining and standardizing the way Medicare Advantage (MA)…

KING 5: Some Washington lawmakers take stand against restrictive Texas abortion law

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SEATTLE — A new restrictive abortion law in Texas has caused a tidal wave of controversy across the United States, causing people like Sammy Detzer in western Washington to tell their story. "I had an abortion on May 20, 2015. I was nine weeks pregnant,” Detzer said. Detzer said her choice to have an abortion isn't something she looks back on in shame. So, when she heard…

Washington Post: Inside House Democrats' tug of war over health-care expansions

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Moderates are more focused on expanding Obamacare than on expanding Medicare The health-care battle is on.   Democrats are tussling over which health priorities will get the most cash in President Biden’s massive social spending package. Liberals are pitching a wide-ranging agenda — one that centers on a massive expansion of Medicare for older…

We cannot go backwards.

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Dear friend, A woman’s right to choose is under attack around the country and Congress must act. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court refused to block an extreme and unprecedented anti-abortion law passed by the Texas legislature. This new law bans abortions after six weeks (before many women even know they’re pregnant), allows citizens in Texas to sue health care providers and family…