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- Bonamici Invites Parent Who Lost Son to Accidental Fentanyl Poisoning to 2024 State of the Union | Chttps://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-invites-parent-who-lost-son-accidental-fentanyl-poisoning-2024-state...After reviewing targeted information about fentanyl in fake pills, 69 percent of teens said they were less likely to consider misusing Rx drugs. Parents and caregivers play a critical role in primary prevention, and Song for Charlie recently introduced The New Drug Talk: Connect to Protect , a resource designed to help families navigate these difficult issues. ...
- Newhouse Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking | Congressman Dan Newhousehttps://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-combat-fentanyl-trafficking...This legislation would permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs to ensure law enforcement can keep them off the streets. “Communities across Central Washington have been devastated by the epidemic of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which is now the leading cause of death for people ages 18-45,” said Rep. ...
- https://walberg.house.gov/media/press-releases/walberg-leads-bipartisan-effort-prevent-opioid-abuse...We can only fully address the crisis through multifaceted approaches like this one." "Making sure unused drugs don't end up in the wrong hands is one of the biggest problems we face in fighting the opioid crisis. I am proud to partner with Reps. Walberg and Dingell on this common sense legislation to allow trained hospice professionals to properly dispose of opioid medication after a patient has passed away. ...
- https://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/thompson-releases-statement-on-social-security-benefit-increases...For the first time, the Inflation Reduction Act empowers Medicare to negotiate prices for the highest cost single-source drugs in Medicare. Over the past 20 years, price increases for brand-name drugs in Medicare Part D have risen at more than twice the rate of inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act also caps Part D out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year for seniors and individuals with disabilities on Medicare, starting in 2025. ...
- https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/in-the-news/column-house-just-took-major-step-combat-fentanyl...The first piece of legislation I introduced as a Member of Congress was the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA), which would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs. Last week, I was proud to help pass the HALT Fentanyl Act through the House. The provision of the HALT Fentanyl Act that permanently designates illicit fentanyl as Schedule I is based on the language from SOFA. ...
- https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-house-lawmakers-call-federal-ban-carcinogenic-food-dye...In 1990, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of Red 3 in cosmetics and externally applied drugs, based on a study that found it caused cancer in rats. According to the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the FDA is required to ban any food additive that is found to cause cancer in humans or animals. ...
- https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-joins-newsmaxs-national-report-discuss-tariffs-0...On the impact that these tariffs will have nationally: I am from West Virginia, and we have had terrible problems with drug addiction and the free flowing of these drugs coming from the borders and up into our state. I’ve worked on that for years when I was in the State House and I’m working on it as well on a national level. [Trump] is going to protect us. ...
- Congressman Neguse, Vice Chair of Medicare for All Caucus, Champions Introduction of Medicare for Alhttps://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-neguse-vice-chair-medicare-all-caucus-champions-introduction...These benefits would be greatly improved from the existing traditional Medicare – adding dental, vision, prescription drugs, women’s reproductive health services, maternity and newborn care, long term services and supports and more. It would require no out-of-pocket costs for patients for any services, and it would simplify the health system and cut down on administrative costs, improve payment systems to hospitals and providers and reduce the cost of prescription drugs by allowing for negotiation of drug prices. ### 40.571476670987074 -105.07656395988789 40.02105946921135 -105.2616269175776 39.576352518083816 -106.0939973315195 CO02 Office Locations Washington, D.C. ...
- https://craig.house.gov/about...She’s worked to lower health care costs by capping the co-pay of certain prescription drugs and expanding health care coverage for all Americans. She has secured major infrastructure investments to improve the roads, highways and bridges in her district and expand high-speed internet connectivity her rural communities. ...
- Representative Angie Craig Statement on House Passage of the Build Back Better Act | Congresswoman Ahttps://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-angie-craig-statement-house-passage-build-back-better-act...The specifics of those priorities include: Expand access and lower the cost of healthcare: Empowers Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for certain drugs, caps out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs for seniors at $2,000 per year and caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month Extends through 2025 the enhanced premium tax credits in the ACA Closes the Medicaid coverage gap by providing access to affordable coverage in the ACA marketplace to millions of Americans who live in states that did not previously expand Medicaid Creates a federal reinsurance program – written by Craig – which would lower health care premiums for millions of Minnesotans who purchase through the ACA's individual market Invest in working families: Establishes a paid family and medical leave program, providing four weeks of paid parental, family caregiving, and medical leave. ...