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- https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-landsman-introduce-bipartisan-bill-increase-veterans-access-non...To ensure veterans have the same access, Congressman Van Orden and Congressman Landsman introduced the NOPAIN for Veterans Act , which reforms the way the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers and covers non-opioid pain management drugs. The NOPAIN for Veterans Act requires that VA list and cover all non-opioid pain management drugs under VA pharmacy benefits. It would also mandate that these drugs be included on the VA Drug Standardization List, preventing them from being substituted with alternatives. ...
- https://weber.house.gov/constituent-services/casework/medicare.htm...The number for the Social Security Administration is 1-800-772-1213. Does Medicare Part B pay for prescription drugs? Currently, Medicare does not include a prescription drug benefit. However, if coverage guidelines are met, Medicare allows payment for some immunosuppressive, oral, anti-emetic and nebulizer drugs. ...
- https://tonko.house.gov/legislation/consumer-protection-and-commerce.htm...United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act A bill to ensure that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) had funding to continue testing American Olympians for performance enhancing drugs. The bill provided funding to the Agency through the year 2020 to conduct research on performance enhancing drugs and educate young athletes about the dangers of taking these drugs. ...
- Representative Angie Craig Introduces Legislation to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors | Conhttps://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-angie-craig-introduces-legislation-lower-prescription-drug..."Older Americans in Texas' 33rd district are being hurt every day by the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs," said Representative Veasey. "This legislation will meet this challenge by ensuring that beneficiaries of the Medicare Part D program have access to the life-saving prescriptions they need. ...
- CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN CONTINUES TO FIGHT AGAINST FENTANYL TRAFFICKING, ESCALATES CALLS FOR FUNDING TOhttps://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-ryan-continues-fight-against-fentanyl-trafficking-escalates...Fentanyl is a synthetic drug that has Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to treat severe pain but is increasingly made and sold illegally. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl is often mixed into other drugs and consumed by Americans unknowingly. Because it is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, illicit drugs laced with fentanyl are much more likely to lead to overdose, hospitalization, and death. ...
- https://bonamici.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/bonamici-evo.house.gov/files/documents/6.5.20_Justice_in_Policing_Act_2020_SECTION_by_SECTION-FINAL.pdf...IMPROVING POLICE TRAINING AND POLICES Subtitle A – End Racial and Religious Profiling Act The Problem: • Blacks are 3.6 times more likely to be arrested for selling drugs, despite the fact that whites are more likely to sell drugs • Blacks are 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for possessing drugs, despite using drugs at the same rate as whites The bill would: • Prohibit federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, religious and discriminatory profiling and create a cause of action for declaratory or injunctive relief • Mandate law enforcement provide training on racial, religious, and discriminatory profiling • Require law enforcement to collect data on all investigatory activities and submit collected data to the Department of Justice using a standardized form • Condition federal funding to state and local law enforcement to adopt policies to combat racial, religious, and discriminatory profiling • Condition federal funding to state and local law enforcement to establish best practices to discourage profiling • Require the Attorney General to provide reports on racial, religious, and discriminatory profiling and ongoing efforts to combat profiling 4 Section 361 – Training on Racial Bias and Duty to Intervene The bill would: • Establish a training program to cover racial bias, implicit bias, procedural justice, and the duty to intervene • Mandate training at the federal level • Condition federal funding on establishing training at the state and local level Section 362 – Ban on No-Knock Warrants in Drug Cases The bill would: • Ban no-knock warrants in drug cases at the federal level • Condition law enforcement funding for state and local law enforcement agencies on prohibiting the use of no-knock warrants in drug cases Section 363 – Ban on Chokeholds and Carotid Holds The bill would: • Ban the use of chokeholds and carotid holds • Condition law enforcement funding for state and local law enforcement agencies on establishing a law to prohibit the use of chokeholds and carotid holds Section 364 – Police Exercising Absolute Care with Everyone Act (“PEACE Act”) The bill would: • Change the use of force standard for federal officers from reasonableness to only when necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury. • Require that deadly force be used only as a last resort, and require officers to employ de- escalation techniques. • Condition grants on state and local law enforcement agencies’ establishing the same use of force standard Section 365 – Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act The bill would: • Limit the transfer of military-grade equipment to state and local law enforcement Subtitle C – Part I – Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act The bill would: • Requires federal uniformed police officers to wear body cameras and marked federal police vehicles to have dashboard cameras. ...
- Summer Lee Blasts Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Drug Companies Profiteering off Medication; Witnesses Ahttps://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/summer-lee-blasts-pharmacy-benefit-managers-drug-companies-profiteering-off-medication-witnesses-agree...It's really important to point out Part D, which is the benefit that allows seniors to get prescription drugs–so important–was designed so there was no real negotiation. It was designed so there were small regional Prescription Drug Plans who couldn't really negotiate and had no negotiating power. ...
- Auchincloss: Expedited Drug Program a ‘Poisoned Chalice’ | U.S. Congressman Jake Auchincloss Of Masshttps://auchincloss.house.gov/media/in-the-news/auchincloss-expedited-drug-program-a-poisoned-chalice...The problem with that is that it's illegal. The FDA can't do that. The FDA has to evaluate drugs based on safety and efficacy – not on any consideration of price. You sent FDA Commissioner Marty Makary two letters last year outlining your concerns with the program. ...
- Local pharmacists support Rep. Auchincloss’s “Pharmacists Fight Back” Act | U.S. Congressman Jake Auhttps://auchincloss.house.gov/news/in-the-news/local-pharmacists-support-rep-auchinclosss-pharmacists-fight-back-act...OptumRx also denied wrongdoing, and Cigna/Express Scripts is suing the FTC for their “defamatory” action. From a consumer perspective, longtime Keyes Drugs customer Tessa Gordon said she never goes to chain drug stores because of the excellent service she gets at Keyes. ”You really feel that it is a small business that cares.” ...
- Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill aiming to crack down on drug middlemen as scrutiny ramps up | U.https://auchincloss.house.gov/news/in-the-news/lawmakers-introduce-bipartisan-bill-aiming-to-crack-down-on-drug-middlemen-as-scrutiny-ramps-up...Meanwhile, PBMs contend that drugmakers are responsible for setting high list prices for drugs, and argue that their tactics shield patients from high healthcare costs. Legislation targeting PBMs advanced through House and Senate committees with bipartisan support last year, and one proposal overwhelmingly passed the House in December. ...