Tag: Health Care

Merkley: Following TrumpCare Failure, Republicans Should Abandon Plans to Destroy Health Care and Instead Work to Make Health Care More Affordable

March 24, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after reports that House leaders are again cancelling today’s vote on the American Health Care Act, or “TrumpCare,” because the bill lacks the support to pass: “Following today’s TrumpCare failure, it’s time for Republicans to cease and desist in

Merkley: CBO Score Sounds the Alarm – Life-and-Death Care at Risk for Millions

March 13, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its scoring of the American Health Care Act, or “Trumpcare:” “Now we know why Republicans worked so hard to hide the truth about their bill. This report by the non-partisan CBO, whose

Two Oregon women who benefited from Obamacare will attend Trump’s address

February 28, 2017

Both U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are bringing guests to the capitol tonight who benefited from the Affordable Care Act, which Republicans are moving to repeal. President Donald Trump has said he will offer “something special” during his address to a joint session of Congress about his health care overhaul efforts. He has called

Merkley Statement on the President’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress

February 28, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: “In President Trump’s speech tonight we heard the exact same things that we have heard so many times before: vague, nice sounding campaign-style promises of what he

Merkley to Highlight Crucial Benefits of Affordable Care Act with Guest to Joint Session

February 27, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced that at President Trump’s speech tomorrow to a Joint Session of Congress, he will bring as his guest an Oregonian who owes her life and the life of her son to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Marlene Barbera and her son Maximilian were

Merkley, Wyden support bill to repeal ‘global gag rule’

February 16, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are co-sponsoring a bill that would repeal the Mexico City Policy, an anti-abortion measure reinstated by President Donald Trump that threatens to strip funding from healthcare providers around the world. Trump is the first president to expand the policy, known as

Merkley Statement on Price Nomination

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on Health and Human Services nominee Congressman Tom Price. Price’s nomination is currently being considered on the Senate floor. “If confirmed, Tom Price would be America’s 23rd Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he would be the first

Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Bill to Bring “Atomic Cleanup Veterans” The Health Care They Need

February 6, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to bring key health care benefits to “Atomic Veterans” exposed to high levels of harmful radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites during the late 1970’s. The bipartisan Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity

Wyden, Merkley Co-sponsor Bill to Bring “Atomic Cleanup Veterans” The Health Care They Need

February 3, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to bring key health care benefits to “Atomic Veterans” exposed to high levels of harmful radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites during the late 1970s. The bipartisan Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act –

An Obamacare Repeal Could Strip Women of Workplace Breastfeeding Protections

January 17, 2017

As Republican members of Congress consider how to make good on their promise to overhaul Obamacare—Repeal, then replace? Repeal and replace at the same time?—millions of Americans face the prospect of losing health insurance or seeing their coverage under the Affordable Care Act change. But health care coverage isn’t the