Health (116th Congress)

Recent Activity

House Chairs Seek Documents from Trump Administration on Sudden Decision to Stop Defending the Healthcare Law

Apr 9, 2019 Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Five House Committee Chairs sent letters to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the

Ways and Means Advances Bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Legislation

Apr 9, 2019 Press Release

Neal Opening Statement at Markup of the Prescription Drug STAR Act

Apr 9, 2019 Press Release

(As prepared for delivery)

With today’s consideration of H.R. 2113, the STAR Act, we will take a first, bipartisan step to address the issue of high drug prices.

House Democrats Unveil Legislation to Strengthen Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions and Lower Health Care Costs

Mar 26, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic leaders today unveiled a sweeping bill that would protect people living with pre-existing conditions, lower health care costs for consumers, and reverse the Trump Administration’s harmful actions to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Doggett Opening Statement at Health Hearing on Promoting Competition to Lower Medicare Drug Prices

Mar 7, 2019 Press Release

This hearing continues our inquiry into pharmaceutical pricing, which our full Committee began last month. I was encouraged at that hearing that a number of our colleagues from both parties reflected on the medication problems about which their own constituents have been expressing concern.