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February 3, 2022
The Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project estimates that the total income lost by people with long-term Covid-19 symptoms is $88.8 billion, it said in an open letter to President Biden and other federal officials that called for the creation of long Covid assistance programs.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
February 3, 2022
Washington, D.C. – As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates and creates new health care challenges for people with disabilities, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) will hold a hearing, “Bridging Health Equity Gaps for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions,” today, Thursday, February 3 at 1 P.M. CST/2 P.M. EST.
Issues:Healthcare
February 3, 2022
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Stop the Wait Act, to end the harmful “suffering periods” during which Americans with serious disabilities are denied access to Medicare.
Issues:Healthcare
January 31, 2022
Austin Public Health will open a new, federally funded COVID-19 testing site on Feb. 1 at Metz Elementary School, located at 84 Robert T. Martinez Jr. St. in East Austin.
Issues:Healthcare
January 28, 2022
A free COVID-19 testing site will open at the now-closed Metz Elementary School in East Austin on Tuesday. The site will offer PCR testing seven days a week through Feb. 21.
Issues:Healthcare
January 27, 2022
Austin, T.X. – Tomorrow, Friday, January 28, 2022, at 1 PM, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett will join Travis County Judge Andy Brown, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, and other local leaders to announce the opening of a free, federally-funded, COVID-19 PCR testing site at Metz Elementary and share with Central Texas families how and when they can get tested.
Issues:Healthcare
January 23, 2022
SAN ANTONIO — Today marks 100 years since the first successful insulin treatment, which has saved millions of lives.
Issues:Healthcare
January 18, 2022
2021 began with an attempt to overthrow our government, culminating in the deadly January 6th attack on our Capitol and ending the long American tradition of peacefully transitioning power. It continued with so many families encountering adversity.
January 10, 2022
After the pandemic disrupted education and the workplace, enrollment in schools dipped, particularly in kindergarten and preschool, as parents opted to keep their kids at home.
January 7, 2022
One year ago, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, had a really great view of a really bad day at the U.S. Capitol, from his third-floor window in the Rayburn House Office Building across the street.