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June 25, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined by over 50 Members, and with leadership from U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Danny Davis (D-IL), introduced bipartisan legislation removing a major financial and logistical barrier to students securing higher education opportunities. The Tax Free Pell Grants Act expands the usage of Pell Grants on a tax-free basis, improves coordination with the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) and ensures students don’t lose out on any AOTC benefits. More than a decade ago, Rep. Doggett authored provisions that ensures that the AOTC allows a tax cut of up to $10,000 on education expenses, such as tuition, textbooks and fees.
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
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 21, 2021
SAN ANTONIO - You could soon be one of millions of Texans covered by health insurance.
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
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 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
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June 17, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, led over 40 Democratic House Members from States which have refused to expand Medicaid coverage in introducing the Cover Outstanding Vulnerable Expansion-Eligible Residents Now (COVER Now) Act. This landmark legislation authorizes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to work directly with counties, cities, and other political subdivisions to expand Medicaid coverage. It would, for the first time, allow local leaders to help their vulnerable residents in States which have declined to accept federal resources for Medicaid expansion. Standing together in front of the U.S. Capitol, cosponsors held a press conference this morning.
Issues:Healthcare
June 17, 2021
Congressional Democrats have finally found a way to expand Medicaid in the dozen states that haven’t yet done so. They will go around conservative state government leaders who have rejected the prospect for a decade and instead work with local leaders.
Issues:Healthcare