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September 19, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Finance and Environment and Public Works Committees, introduced legislation that would create a new incentive to recycle plastic and help reduce the plastic waste that is disrupting coastal economies, overwhelming ecosystems, and threatening public health.
Issues:Protecting Our Planet
September 19, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Angus King (I-ME) urged Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to release the Interagency Working Group for Bayh-Dole’s draft framework for public comment. This framework is anticipated to lay out the criteria and guidelines for agencies to use their existing statutory authority to assure reasonable prices on pharmaceuticals and other innovative products developed with taxpayer funding. In July, the two departments expressed their intent to publish a framework by the end of 2023.
Issues:Healthcare
September 13, 2023
News: House Republicans have delayed a vote on the rule to consider the $886 billion Defense spending bill, another setback for Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
September 12, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, whose Chairman has been designated by Speaker McCarthy as a leader of an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, released the following statement:
September 12, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Nanette Barragán (D-CA), member of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, led 110 Members in supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule to expand medically necessary dental coverage to patients with all forms of cancer and permit Medicare payment for dental services prior to chemotherapy and other immunotherapies.
Issues:Healthcare
September 8, 2023
Editor's note and clarification: the story has been updated to better reflect the Texas Health and Human Services explanation on what are active system issues and its response on a vendor contract.
Jennifer Barrios remembers receiving in May a yellow envelope with the red letters "Action Required" on it.
She logged into the Texas Medicaid benefits app, which the mother of three from Donna, near McAllen, uses to submit information and to check her children's Medicaid benefits.
September 1, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement of new actions on nursing home safety:
Issues:Healthcare
August 30, 2023
WASHINGTON — Texas is disenrolling Medicaid recipients at the fastest rate in the country, raising questions about how carefully the state health department is analyzing patient's financial data as the nation moves to return Medicaid rolls closer to pre-pandemic levels.
Issues:Healthcare
August 27, 2023
Two emails from whistleblowers at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission concerning Texans being disenrolled from Medicaid coverage have drawn the attention of Texas members of the U.S. House.
Issues:Healthcare
August 22, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) and Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35), together with the entire Texas Democratic delegation, urged the Biden Administration to quickly intervene and pause the Medicaid redetermination process to take corrective action and ensure the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) comes into full compliance with federal Medicaid requirements.
Issues:Healthcare