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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Joe Neguse (D-Co.) and other cosponsors in the House and Senate will hold a press conference Thursday morning to announce a legislative package that would drastically reduce prescription drug prices in the United States.
WHO: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Elijah Cummings, Ro Khanna, Peter Welch, Joe Neguse and other cosponsors in the House and Senate
Washington, DC (Oct. 25, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a proposal by President Donald Trump on Medicare drug pricing:
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 24, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a new national-level report and state-level reports on the potential effects of the Trump Administration's decision not to defend statutory protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions who buy their own insurance.
Before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted in 2010, one of the most devastating experiences for Americans with pre-existing health conditions was the refusal by insurance companies to cover them, or to charge them rates that were exorbitantly higher than for people without pre-existing conditions.
This discrimination by insurance companies was allowed under federal law, and it was a leading cause of bankruptcies as families often lost their homes and their entire savings.
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 10, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 28, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, delivered a floor statement applauding passage of the Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which reauthorizes and reforms the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). This legislation was based on H.R. 5925, the Coordinated Response through Interagency Strategy and Information Sharing (CRISIS) Act, bipartisan legislation that passed the House on June 20, 2018.
Cummings Presses for HHS and CMS
Subpoena for Withheld Docs On
Decision to Scrub Medicare Website
Cummings and Krishnamoorthi Seek
Subpoena for HHS and CMS Docs on
Proposed Medicaid Work Requirements
Last week, a federal court in Texas heard oral arguments in yet another lawsuit attacking the Affordable Care Act.
The difference this time is that the Trump administration refused to defend the law — choosing instead to jeopardize the health care and financial well-being of tens of millions of Americans with pre-existing health conditions.