"Whether it’s improving health care or making our economy more innovative, the policies we craft must include the voices and perspectives of Native Americans."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Ways and Means Committee took action to protect and expand health care for millions of seniors and for Americans directly in the communities where they live and work. The Committee approved six bills that address a wide range of pressing health care issues, particularly those facing rural communities. The package ...
"One of our top priorities on this Committee is helping every American access health care in the community where they live, work, and raise a family.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently introduced legislation from Ways and Means Committee members takes aim at improving access to health care in America, particularly in rural and underserved areas. The package of bills addresses critical issues affecting patients by preserving and improving vital telehealth and health-at-home access, ...
Social Security Trustees Report shows the retirement Trust Fund will become exhausted in 2033.WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) pointed to the dire state of Social Security’s retirement insurance program in a statement about the 2024 Social ...
"Seniors could lose access to 280,000 nursing home beds, forcing older Americans to pick up and move to nursing homes far from friends and family, if they are lucky enough to find an open spot"
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee held Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra accountable for playing politics with health care during a hearing on the Biden Administration’s HHS budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Members called out the Biden Administration’s policies that will lead to more shuttered ...
Five Key Moments from Ways and Means Hearing on Emergency Care
DENTON, TEXAS – At the site of an air ambulance service provider, patients, doctors, and emergency medical personnel shared their stories about access to emergency medical care ...
"The Biden Administration’s continued pursuit of a harmful agenda combined with your Department’s failure to address its own shortcomings has required this Committee to take action on multiple occasions to force your hand."
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"I wish to commend Dr. Burgess for his steadfast leadership – working in a bipartisan and bicameral manner – to bring this important piece of legislation forward.