Healthcare
ON TAP
— CDC vaccine advisers balk at recommending Covid shot boosters while supporting continued availability of Johnson & Johnson’s shot.
— House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders want answers from FDA about the status of foreign inspections of drug manufacturing facilities.
Washington, D.C. – Just now, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, joined by over 30 Members of Congress, introduced the Close the Medigap Act to prohibit discriminatory pricing and coverage denials for patients seeking supplemental Medigap coverage. Nearly 13 million Medicare beneficiaries purchase supplemental Medigap policies to help reduce out-of-pocket costs and provide benefits not currently covered by Medicare.
When COVID-19 began spreading in the U.S. in March 2020, McKale Santin was working at a nursing home in Burlington, Vermont.
I am committed to preserving hard-fought for reforms to our health system.
Affordable Medications
As the Chair and Founder of the House Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force, I am committed to bringing more oversight and transparency to drug pricing and supporting legislative and administrative solutions so that more families can afford the medicine they need.