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Question: The Supreme Court just ruled that discrimination against LBGTQ individuals is illegal, but the Trump administration just pulled medical rights from this community. Doesn't this violate the law? A couple of weeks ago I pointed out that racism is a major public health issue in the U.S. Similarly, prejudice and bias against the LBGTQ community is a major…

Colin Allred, D- Texas, issued the following news release:. Congressman Colin Allred voted to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, a bill that would lower costs, further secure protections for people with pre-existing conditions, negotiate lower drug prices and expand coverage. I hope both the White House and the Senate will put aside…

Congresswoman Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, took bold action to lower health costs, prescription drug prices, and the U.S. uninsured rate by voting to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. The legislation, which incorporates two…

David Cicilline, D- Rhode Island, issued the following news release:. U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline played a pivotal role in passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, bring down the cost of prescription drugs, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Now, more than ever, Democrats are…

Congressman Dan Kildee, Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, applauded the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, House Democrats' new legislation to lower health care costs for Michiganders. This bill comes after the Trump Administration last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the ACA, taking away…

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on June 29 by Aviva Aron-Dine, vice president for health policy:. The House is expected to vote today on a bill that would lead 4 million people to gain health coverage, the Congressional Budget Office estimates, while making coverage more affordable for at least 13 million more, likely…

Jahana Hayes, D- Connecticut, issued the following news release:. Congresswoman Jahana Hayes voted to pass the Patient Protection& Affordable Care Enhancement Act, legislation which would build on the Affordable Care Act to lower health costs and prescription drug prices in CT-05. Today's passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act…

Ahead of today's vote in the House of Representatives, Americans for Prosperity called on Congress to reject H.R. 1425, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. Instead, Congress should provide direct relief to Americans who have lost coverage by strengthening access to highly affordable short-term renewable plans and expanding…

Henry Cuellar, D- Texas, issued the following news release on June 29:. Congressman Henry Cuellar took bold action to build on the Affordable Care Act to lower health costs and prescription drug prices for all Americans by voting for and helping pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. I call upon my colleagues in the Senate to bring this…

Henry C.' Hank' Johnson Jr., D- Georgia, issued the following news release:. Hank Johnson took bold action to build on the Affordable Care Act to lower health costs and prescription drug prices for all Americans by joining House Democrats to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. “House Democrats have been fighting tirelessly since day one…

The House of Representatives passed the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act” a landmark bill introduced and championed by House Democrats to improve health care for Americans by building on key provisions in the Affordable Care Act. The House has passed this landmark bill just days after the Trump administration and Republican-led…

Kevin Brady, R- Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following floor remarks in opposition to the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act on June 29:. “Yet here we go again in the Democratic House: Another partisan bill with no input from Republicans, but lots of input from campaign operatives and special interest groups.

Kevin Brady, R- Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following floor remarks in opposition to a health care bill on June 29:. “Republicans support children, seniors, and patients with pre-existing conditions. “Let me also be very clear about what isn't in this bill, Madame Speaker.

Richard E. Neal, D- Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following floor remarks on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act on June 29:. For years, House Democrats have worked to expand access to affordable health care and to build on the coverage gains of the Affordable Care Act. A problem that has been…

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, June 30– The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release:. “We know that Medicaid expansion helps lift financial burdens that hospitals face, but it wasn't clear if those savings were being redirected back into the community because of it,” said first author Genevieve P. Kanter, PhD, an…

Cheri Bustos, D- Illinois, issued the following news release on June 29:. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos helped pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, which would make health care and prescription drugs more affordable, strengthen protections for people with pre-existing conditions, reduce racial disparities in health coverage and…