Health (116th Congress)

Recent Activity

Neal Statement on Federal Judge’s Harmful ACA Ruling

Oct 15, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after a federal judge in Texas overturned an anti-discrimination rule in the Affordable Care Act (ACA):

Health Committee Chairs’ Statement on CBO Analysis of H.R. 3

Oct 11, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a joint statement today on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) initial analysis of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019.

Neal Statement on Medicare Executive Order

Oct 3, 2019 Press Release

SPRINGFIELD, MA – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive order on Medicare:

Neal and Pallone Say Illegal Sale of Hahnemann University Hospital’s Residency Program in Philadelphia Cannot Stand

Sep 10, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to appeal U.S.

Neal Seeks Collaboration with Pharmacies to Combat the Overuse of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes

Aug 29, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent letters to Alan Rosenbloom, President and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition, and Bill Osborn, President National Community Pharmacists Association, regarding the persistent overuse of antipsychotics in nursing homes as a chemical restraint.