OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Issue Position: Health

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Health Insurance Infrastructure Health and Health Care Reproduction

*Promoted better labeling and testing of pharmaceuticals for children;

*Provided a pathway to create "generic" versions of biologic drugs which will lower the price of life-saving therapies and foster new medical innovations;

*Ensured that low-income women who are diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer receive treatment, and insurance companies pay for reconstructive surgery for these patients;

*Reduced lead exposure from household water sources;

*Successfully worked to eliminate lifetime caps in insurance policies and to include those with pre-existing conditions in The Affordable Care Act;

*Established programs at NIH to prevent the causes of pre-term labor.


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