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- https://grothman.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://trentkelly.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://velazquez.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/velazquez.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/velazq_032_xml.pdf...G:\M\18\VELAZQ\VELAZQ_032.XML g:\VHLD\070723\D070723.111.xml (887136|3) 2 399,000 people worldwide die each year due to a liver- related illness caused by hepatitis C; Whereas up to an estimated 5,900,000 people in the United States are infected with either hepatitis B or hepatitis C, and up to an estimated 2,400,000 who are chronically in- fected with hepatitis B and up to an estimated 3,500,000 people who are chronically infected with hepatitis C; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) estimated that there were 20,700 new acute hepatitis B infections and 57,500 new acute hepatitis C infections, respectively, in the United States in 2019; Whereas the CDC has found significant increases in the transmission of new hepatitis cases in the United States since 2010, including a 63-percent increase between 2015 and 2019 in reported cases of acute hepatitis C in the United States; Whereas chronic viral hepatitis claims thousands of lives each year in the United States, with an estimated 14,242 deaths due to hepatitis C in the United States in 2016; Whereas up to an estimated 80 percent of people with acute hepatitis C do not have any symptoms; Whereas available data suggests that more than 70 percent of new hepatitis C infections and 36 percent of new hepa- titis B infections are among people who inject drugs; Whereas African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Island- ers, Latinos, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, gay and bisexual men, and persons who inject drugs intravenously all have higher rates of chronic viral hepatitis infections in the United States than other groups of people; VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:15 Jul 07, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 C:\USERS\KGHAUFF\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\VELAZQ_032 July 7, 2023 (4:15 p.m.) ...
- Crockett Leads Letter Calling For Clemency for Americans Convicted On Federal Crack Cocaine Offenseshttps://crockett.house.gov/media/press-releases/crockett-leads-letter-calling-clemency-americans-convicted-federal-crack...‘First, the crack/powder disparity is simply not supported by science, as there are no significant pharmacological differences between the drugs: they are two forms of the same drug, with powder readily convertible into crack cocaine. Second, as documented by the Sentencing Commission, the crack/powder sentencing differential is still responsible for unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing. ...
- https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-carter-omar-simon-and-titus-introduce-respect-resolution...“The RESPECT Resolution is a critical step towards policy that addresses the disparities caused by the outdated scheduling of cannabis and the so-called War on Drugs. As Co-Chair of the Cannabis Caucus, I am advancing solutions that will finally put an end to the cycle of unjust incarceration and unequal enforcement.” In addition to Reps. ...
- https://pingree.house.gov/inflationreduction/...Health Care Energy Security and Climate Change Investments Taxes HEALTH CARE Key Provisions: Empowering Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices: For the first time, empowers Medicare to negotiate prices for the highest cost single-source drugs in Medicare, a policy that Democrats have been trying to enact for years. The provisions save more than $100 billion over 10 years. It allows Medicare to negotiate lower prices for about 100 drugs over the next decade: 10 high-cost drugs beginning in 2026, 15 additional drugs in both 2027 and 2028, and 20 more in 2029 and thereafter. ...
- https://pappas.house.gov/media/in-the-news/pappas-shaheen-hassan-introduce-new-bills-combating-xylazine-use...Criminals have begun to use Xylazine (also known as Rompun), a veterinary tranquilizer, to increase the potency of their drugs and reduce production costs. Xylazine causes depressed breathing and heart rate, unconsciousness, necrosis, and even death, and naloxone (also known as Narcan) does not reverse the effects of Xylazine because it is not an opioid. ...
- https://jayapal.house.gov/2024/03/07/jayapal-announces-state-of-the-union-guest/...Jayapal, fulfilled a longstanding promise to free Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. The Department of Health and Human Services has selected ten drugs in a pilot program and will add more in the coming years. Novolog, one of two types of insulin I take to stay alive, is among the ten drugs that will see lower prices, bringing enormous savings for Medicare recipients and taxpayers.” ...
- https://keating.house.gov/policy-work/issues/prescription-drug-abuse...This bipartisan legislation directs pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest in research and production to formulate abuse deterrent drugs in order to compete with drugs of a similar nature that already employ abuse deterrent technologies. He is a member of the Congressional Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus; Rx Drug Abuse Caucus; and the Youth Drug Prevention Caucus. ...
- https://houlahan.house.gov/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. ...