Seniors

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

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

WATCH: DelBene decries Republican ruse on House floor Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ Default on America Act. “Instead of taking any meaningful steps forward, House Republicans’ MAGA wish list only brings us closer to a first-in-history federal… Read more

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

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

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

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