Health Care
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May 24, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the new CBO score for Trumpcare was released today showing that 23 million Americans would still lose their health insurance.
Issues:Health Care
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May 16, 2017
Representatives John Larson (D-CT), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today introduced the Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act, which builds upon the successes of the Steve Gleason Act of 2015. The Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act permanently fixes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy that limited access to speech generation devices for people with degenerative diseases.
Issues:Health Care
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May 4, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the passage of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Larson voted “No”
Issues:Health Care
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April 24, 2017
(Hartford, CT) – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today announced a $5.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support Connecticut efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. The funding is the first of two rounds from the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama in December. The law included emergency federal funding to fight opioid addiction, as well as significant reforms to the mental health system and funding for medical research on cancer and other diseases.
Issues:Health Care
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March 31, 2017
Today, Representative John Larson (CT-01), and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) sent a letter to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asking that they implement a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to protect patient care if UnitedHealthcare Group and Hartford HealthCare are unable to agree on contract terms.
Issues:Health Care
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March 24, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after TrumpCare was pulled from the House floor
Issues:Health Care
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March 24, 2017
U.S. Representative John Larson (D-1),U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-2) are urging UnitedHealthcare not to put Connecticut seniors in the middle of its negotiations with Hartford Healthcare
Issues:Health Care
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March 13, 2017
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after an analysis from the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management detailing how the Republican plan will impact Connecticut and the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the bill were released
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Event Date:
Sunday, March 12, 2017 – 01:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Address:
216 Addison Road
Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
United States
Rep. Larson will be holding a Town Hall
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March 9, 2017
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) fought into the early morning hours of Thursday against the Republican health care proposal. This proposal would cause the average American to pay more money for less coverage and would give tax breaks to the nation’s wealthiest.