Health Care
Hartford, CT – Today Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that $750,000 in federal funding has been awarded to the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut (CHCACT) to provide a full range of HIV specialty medicine and social services to infants, children, youth and women who are infected or affected by HIV/ AIDS. The funding is being awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ryan White Title IV AIDS Healthcare Program.
Washington – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded a U.S. District Court decision last week to require TRICARE – the military healthcare system – to cover Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy as a medical treatment for military families that have children with autism. According to recent estimates, 1 in every 88 military children has autism.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 3, 2007LARSON: PRESIDENT?S PRIORITIES ARE ALL WRONG
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:September 27, 2007Larson: Bush Betrays America?s Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 28, 2007REPS. LARSON, COURTNEY CONDEMN BUSH?S DECISION TO CUT HEALTH CARE FOR THOUSANDS OF CT CHILDREN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 1, 2007LARSON VOTES TO PRESERVE CHILDREN?S HEALTH CARE, IMPROVE MEDICARE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 27, 2007LARSON PRAISES WAYS AND MEANS PASSAGE OF CHILDREN?S HEALTH, MEDICARE BILL
Includes long-term care hospital provisions championed by Larson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 20, 2007CT House Congressional Delegation Restores Ryan White HIV/AIDS Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:June 7, 2007REP. LARSON VOTES TO GIVE HOPE TO MILLIONS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC DISEASES BY EXPANDING STEM CELL RESEARCH
WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman John B. Larson voted in favor of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (S.5) that will give hope to millions of Americans suffering from chronic diseases by greatly expanding stem cell research. The House passed this critical bill this afternoon by a strong bipartisan vote of247 to 176.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:May 22, 2007LARSON STATEMENT ON REDUCED RYAN WHITE CARE ACT FUNDS IN CONNECTICUT