Health Care
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May 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Ways and Means Republicans released the text of their bill to cut taxes for billionaires, paid for with cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that would kick more than 13 million Americans off their health care plans.
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May 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) signed a discharge petition to force a vote in the House to protect Medicaid and nutrition assistance programs like SNAP from proposed budget cuts.
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May 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. – To kick off Older Americans Month, the House Democratic Caucus announced the re-launch of the Task Force on Aging and Families (TFAF).
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May 2, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request, which cuts funding for nearly every federal program and fails to invest in customer service needs at the Social Security Administration.
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April 28, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the bipartisan Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act of 2025 with Reps. Mike Kelly (PA-16), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), and Troy Balderson (OH-12). Their bill would lower costs by eliminating the co-pay penalty for Medicare beneficiaries who seek care from outpatient Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs).
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April 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. - This week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee pressed Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the Trump Administration’s decision to close half of all HHS Regional Offices, including the Boston Regional Office that serves Connecticut residents.
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April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against the Trump-Republican budget plan that would cut Medicaid, SNAP nutrition benefits, and other critical programs American families rely on to pay for another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent.
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April 5, 2025
Demonstrators thronged around the state Capitol in Hartford, filled a park in Stamford and crowded other venues in Connecticut as part of a national “Hands Off” day of action protesting President Donald J. Trump’s upending of the economy, immigration and every corner of federal government in little more than two months back in power.
Issues:Health CareSocial Security
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April 4, 2025
Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress who are urging President Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reverse cuts to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) staff that provide critical support for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).
Issues:Health Care
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March 27, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s sudden termination of federal public health grants to state and local health departments in Connecticut, totaling $150 million: