Healthcare

San Antonio Express-News: Congress is allowing CHIP to die; it mustn’t

October 24, 2017

By: Congressman Doggett

The Children’s Health Insurance Program began two decades ago as a bipartisan initiative, but it has now expired due to Republican indifference. The certainty of health insurance for an estimated 26,800 Bexar County children and 9 million across America could permanently disappear, along with services for many disadvantaged mothers.

Issues:Healthcare

Rep. Doggett Denounces Latest Health Care Sabotage

October 12, 2017

Press Release

Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Committee on Ways & Means and Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Tax Policy, issued a statement condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order to undermine the Affordable Care Act and harm those with pre-existing conditions.

Issues:Healthcare

Austin American-Statesman: Amid conflict, Doggett fears Obamacare signups will slip

October 11, 2017

In The News

By: Bob Sechler

Austin American-Statesman

Some local health care proponents — including U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett — say they fear fewer people may sign up for insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act this year when open enrollment begins Nov. 1, even though the law remains standing despite high-profile Republican efforts to repeal it.

Issues:Healthcare

Mylan Settlement: Shocking Gift at Taxpayer Expense

August 17, 2017

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and chair of the Prescription Drug Task Force, issued the following statement after Trump’s Department of Justice agreed to settle charges against Mylan’s EpiPen rebate misclassification for $465 million. The misclassification could have cost taxpayers to overpay as much as $1.27 billion from 2006 to 2016, according to an estimate from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.

Issues:Healthcare

Inside Health Policy FDA Week: Lawmakers to Trump: Push NIH on March-In Rights as Answer to Drug Pricing

April 7, 2017

In The News

By: Nicholas Florko

Over 50 members of Congress are calling on President Donald Trump to direct the National Institutes of Health to issue guidance on when it will exercise so called "march-in rights," effectively canceling exclusivity when patented drugs are not available on reasonable terms. The lawmakers and one consumer advocacy group held up the process as a solution to Trump's promise to bring down drug prices.

Issues:Healthcare

Enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace

Resources for navigating the open enrollment period of the health insurance marketplace, open November 1, 2018.

Read more about Enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace

PRESS RELEASE: Rep. Doggett and Lawmakers to NIH and HHS: Act Now on Drug Affordability

March 29, 2016

Press Release

Monday, March 28, 2016

Rep. Doggett and Lawmakers to NIH and HHS: Act Now on Drug Affordability

WASHINGTON, March 28 - A group of Senate and House lawmakers led by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), co-chairs of the Prescription Drug Taskforce, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), today urged the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to step in to lower the cost of a prostate cancer drug, Xtandi, which costs four times more in the United States than in other major countries.

Issues:Healthcare

PRESS RELEASE: HHS Urged to Ensure Medicare Beneficiaries Know All Prescription Drug Payment Options

March 17, 2016

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2016

Contact: Andrew Braswell
(202) 225-4865

HHS Urged to Ensure Medicare Beneficiaries Know All Prescription Drug Payment Options

Issues:Healthcare

Austin American-Statesman: Doggett's abuse bill nearly a law

January 4, 2013

In The News

January 4, 2013

It has been an eventful week for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett.

On Thursday, the Austin Democrat was sworn in for the ninth time as a member of Congress. And earlier in the week, Doggett witnessed the rare occurrence of one of his measures getting successfully voted out of Congress.

Issues:Healthcare