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Senator Thomas 'Tom' Allen Coburn's Public Statements on Health and Health Care

Thomas Coburn
Full Name: Thomas 'Tom' Allen Coburn
Office: U.S. Senate (OK) - Jr, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Last Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Carolyn; 3 Children: Callie, Katie, Sarah
Birth Date: 03/14/1948
Birth Place: Casper, WY
Home City: Muskogee, OK
Religion: Baptist

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April 17, 2013 Upton and Coburn Issue Statement on FDA Opioid Drug Application Ruling Washington, DC
April 8, 2013 Letter to Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget Boris Bershteyn - Reexamine Plan to "Undermine Care" by Raising the Cost of In-home Companion Care Washington, DC
March 22, 2013 Concurrent Budget Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2014 Washington, DC
March 20, 2013 Boxer, Coburn Praise Senate HELP Committee Passage of the HOPE Act Washington, DC
March 5, 2013 Health Care Unknown
Feb. 14, 2013 Boxer, Coburn Introduce Bill to End Ban on Research into Organ Donations Between HIV-Positive Patients Washington, DC
July 1, 2012 CBS "Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer" - Transcript Unknown
June 21, 2012 The Washington Times - GOP Demands Answers from AARP on Health Deals Washington, DC
June 21, 2012 GAO Finds HRSA Failing Taxpayers, Patients, Due to Ineffective Management of Community Health Center Program Washington, DC
June 21, 2012 GAO Finds HRSA Failing Taxpayers, Patients, Due to Ineffective Management of Community Health Center Program Washington, DC
June 18, 2012 Letter to The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States Washington, DC
June 18, 2012 Senators Call for Explanation from Administration on Health Insurance Requests Washington, DC
June 11, 2012 Physicians in Congress Release "Doctors' Note' on Medicare Washington, DC
May 9, 2012 Senate and House GOP Question HHS on Wasteful Billion Dollar Loan Program Washington, DC
May 2, 2012 Letter to Members of the Health Care Community Unknown
March 29, 2012 New Survey: 75% of Physicians Largely Oppose the President's Healthcare Law Washington, DC
March 22, 2012 Health Care Washington, DC
March 20, 2012 Politico - Obamacare' Not Helping Patients Washington, DC
March 20, 2012 Drs Coburn & Barrasso Release New Health Care Report on "Side Effects" of the President's Health Care Law Washington, DC
March 20, 2012 Health Care Reform Washington, DC
Feb. 7, 2012 Coburn, Hatch Express Concern Over Misleading Term Used in Marketing New Health Law Washington, DC
Feb. 2, 2012 Letter to Barry Rand Washington, DC
Jan. 27, 2012 Congressional Republicans Ask CMS to Clarify Changes Required by Health Care Law Washington, DC
Jan. 6, 2012 Senator Hutchison and 35 Senate Colleagues Challenge Obama Health Care Law Washington, DC
Dec. 20, 2011 Letter to Dr. Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Program Integrity Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC
Nov. 9, 2011 Drs Coburn and Barrasso Release a Doctors' Perspective of "Medicare & You 2012" Handbook Washington, DC
Nov. 9, 2011 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Washington, DC
Oct. 21, 2011 Joint Release: Repeal CLASS Working Group Continues to Press HHS on Failed Obama Health Care Component Washington, DC
Oct. 5, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC
June 22, 2011 Sens. Carper and Coburn Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Billions of Dollars in Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid Washington, DC
June 22, 2011 Sens. Carper and Coburn Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Billions of Dollars in Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid Washington, DC
June 13, 2011 CBS News - Transcript Washington, DC
May 26, 2011 The Budget Washington, DC
May 19, 2011 Senators Coburn, Burr, Chambliss Introduce Bill to Reform and Strengthen Medicaid Washington, DC
May 4, 2011 Hatch, Coburn, Group of Senators Introduce Legislation Preventing Federal Funding of Abortion in ObamaCare Washington, DC
April 6, 2011 The New York Post - Reform Or Go broke: Medicaid, Medicare Must Change Unknown
March 29, 2011 Republican Senators Reintroduce PATIENTS Act Washington, DC
March 3, 2011 Letter to The President Washington, DC
Feb. 17, 2011 Letter to the Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Education; Energy; Health & Human Services; Homeland Security; Housing & Urban Development; Interior; Justice; State; Transportation; Treasury; and Washington, DC
Feb. 2, 2011 Dr. Coburn Votes to Repeal Flawed Health Care Law Washington, DC
Jan. 16, 2011 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript Unknown
Dec. 9, 2010 Dr. Coburn Calls CR/Omnibus a Trojan Horse to Fund New Health Law Washington, DC
Nov. 22, 2010 Letter to Students of America's Medical Schools Washington, DC
Nov. 5, 2010 Op-Ed - Sen. Tom Coburn: What Republicans can accomplish in the 112th Congress Unknown
Oct. 27, 2010 Op-Ed- Obamacare's Ill Effects Starting To Take Hold Washington, DC
Oct. 25, 2010 Drs. Coburn and Barrasso Release New Health Care Report Unknown
Sept. 29, 2010 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions Washington, DC
Aug. 5, 2010 Letter to The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Unknown
Aug. 5, 2010 Hatch, Coburn Introduce Bill To Exclude Abortion Coverage From Health Care Law Washington, DC
July 27, 2010 Cornyn Introduces the Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act Washington, DC

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