Includes: Disaster Assistance, Increases in Military Funding, Health Care Improvements
"I am pleased
"I have long said the sequester was terrible policy, especially for our military. I am pleased we are funding our military at levels called for in the National Defense Authorization Act.
"In addition to disaster assistance for states crippled by hurricanes, we have also improved livestock disaster programs to help producers better recover from fires, like the historic
Livestock disaster program improvements include the following:
* Increases funds available under the Emergency Assistance Livestock,
* Increases assistance available to impacted producers eligible for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). Additionally, it revises LIP so that producers whose livestock suffered injury from a natural disaster and were later sold for a diminished value due to those injuries can qualify for a LIP payment.
It also contains numerous health care provisions Roberts has long championed:
* Includes legislation, S. 1729, Roberts introduced with Sen.
* Repeals Obamacare's
*
* Includes the CHRONIC Care Act, which improves Medicare for seniors with chronic conditions, including Roberts' amendment to promote the appropriate use of medications to improve patient safety and to prevent avoidable health care costs.
* In addition, it ensures that America's armed forces have more of the resources they need by unwinding the sequestration cuts that have significantly hamstrung military readiness and jeopardized public safety since 2013. It also helps reduce the maintenance backlog at the
The bill funds the government at current levels through
Read this original document at: https://www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=12CC0965-12CA-43A5-B872-2B1673F0B1DF&ContentType_id=AE7A6475-A01F-4DA5-AA94-0A98973DE620&Group_id=d8ddb455-1e23-48dd-addd-949f9b6a4c1f
Investing in Defense, Disaster Relief, Healthcare
USOC security chief Larry Buendorf finally opens up about saving President Ford
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News