Jeff cree que el acceso a una atención médica asequible y de calidad no es un privilegio, sino un derecho humano. La perspectiva de Jeff sobre el cuidado de la salud ha sido influenciada por su esposa, Mary, una enfermera registrada, que ve el mundo a través de los ojos de sus pacientes: las personas que deberían estar en el corazón de nuestro sistema de cuidado de la salud.
A lo largo de su carrera, Jeff ha luchado para ampliar el acceso a una cobertura de atención médica asequible y de calidad. Como presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Oregón, Jeff redujo los precios de los medicamentos recetados al expandir el programa de compras al por mayor del estado y luchó para expandir y mejorar la cobertura de atención médica para niños. Jeff continúa trabajando para mejorar la calidad y la cobertura de la atención médica para todos los habitantes de Oregón en el Senado de los EE. UU.
Ranking Members Merkley, Pingree: Health Care in Tribal Communities in Danger Under Trump’s Hiring Freeze
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the Indian Health Service (IHS), demanded urgent action from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to stop dangerous cuts to the IHS workforce, which is
Merkley y Wyden critican los recortes ilegales de fondos federales del presidente Trump que perjudican a las familias estadounidenses
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregon Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden emitieron hoy las siguientes declaraciones en respuesta a un juez federal que bloqueó la orden ejecutiva de la Administración Trump que detiene inmediatamente todos los préstamos y subvenciones federales: “El ataque a estos programas que permiten a las familias salir adelante y prosperar
Bonamici, Wyden, Merkley, Salinas, Hoyle, Dexter, Bynum Call for Providence, Oregon Nurses Association to Reach Agreement
WASHINGTON DC [1/24/25] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Janelle Bynum (OR-05), and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley sent a letter urging Providence and the Oregon Nurses Association to reach agreement on new employment contracts for doctors, certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, registered
Merkley, Wyden Support Legislation to Lower Health Care Costs for Millions by Permanently Extending Affordable Care Act Premium Tax Credits
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today they joined House and Senate Democrats in an effort to keep tax credits that lower health care premium costs by reintroducing the Health Care Affordability Act. The bicameral legislation makes permanent the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs)
Merkley’s Bipartisan Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act Now Law
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley celebrated that his bipartisan bill to provide greater oversight and data transparency for institutional youth treatment programs was signed into law at the end of December. Merkley co-led the bipartisan Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act with Texas’ U.S. Senator John Cornyn and
KHANNA, MERKLEY, CORNYN, TUBERVILLE, AND CARTER JOINED BY PARIS HILTON IN CELEBRATING THE STOP INSTITUTIONAL CHILD ABUSE ACT PASSING THE HOUSE, HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), were joined by Paris Hilton in celebrating the passage of the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act in the House. The legislation, which passed the Senate last
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