Healthcare
July 7, 2021
Expansions are coming to the Medicare program, if Democrats can achieve one of their biggest health policy goals this year.
Issues:Healthcare
July 6, 2021
Washington, D.C. – This morning, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, announced that he is leading 76 Members of Congress in introducing the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act to expand the care Medicare provides.
Issues:Healthcare
I am committed to preserving hard-fought for reforms to our health system.
June 22, 2021
New legislation from U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, would allow cities, counties and other local jurisdictions to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income individuals in states that have resisted expanding the program.
Issues:Healthcare
June 21, 2021
A record number of Americans are relying on for healthcare coverage during the pandemic. Nearly 74 million people are currently enrolled on Medicaid, the highest number participating in the program on record, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). During the pandemic, from February 2020 to January 2021, an additional 9.7 million individuals enrolled in Medicaid, increasing the size of the program by nearly 14 percent.
Issues:Healthcare
June 21, 2021
Texas healthcare leaders, including U.S. Rep Lloyd Doggett, are trying to pass the act which would local leaders to expand Medicaid.
Issues:Healthcare
June 21, 2021
SAN ANTONIO - You could soon be one of millions of Texans covered by health insurance.
Issues:Healthcare
June 21, 2021
Local governments would be able to bypass conservative state leaders and implement their own Medicaid expansion programs for working poor Texans with federal funds under federal legislation announced Monday by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin.
Issues:Healthcare
June 20, 2021
Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation that would expand Medicaid in states that have so far refused to do so, seeking to fill one of the major remaining holes in the Affordable Care Act.
Issues:Healthcare
June 18, 2021
Austin, T.X. – Monday, June 21, 2021, at 10 AM, at the CommUnity Care Southeast Health and Wellness Center in Austin, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, will join Texas health care leaders to unveil the COVER Now Act—to empower local leaders to overcome State obstructionists and close the Medicaid coverage gap. This bill is cosponsored by every Democratic Congressmember from Texas, along with the vast majority of Democrats from non-expansion states.
Issues:Healthcare