Tag: Health Care

Merkley Votes to Advance Plan to Deliver Stimulus Checks to Struggling Americans, Support Frontline Workers and Main Street Businesses, Re-open Schools, and Speed Vaccinations

February 5, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement today following his vote to advance the process for the latest coronavirus relief proposal, which would provide badly-needed aid to help Americans make it through the pandemic: “I am deeply grateful to the public health workers and researchers who are working tirelessly around

Merkley, Porter Introduce Critical Legislation to Protect Patients with Medical Debt from Long-Term Financial Harm

February 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Representative Katie Porter (D-CA-45) today to lead three Senators and 46 Representatives in the introduction of the Medical Debt Relief Act—legislation that would remove paid-off or settled medical debt from a patient’s credit report and institute a year-long waiting period

Wyden, Merkley: Oregon Receiving More Than $4.6 Million in Federal COVID-19 Health Grants

January 21, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Tribal organizations in Oregon and the state Health Authority will receive a combined $4.66 million in federal COVID-19 for mental health and substance abuse treatment. “The mental health impacts from COVID-19 have been profound with isolation, substance

As Coronavirus Surges, Merkley, Underwood Propose Agenda to Support Nurses Fighting on the Frontlines

December 17, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) today to unveil an agenda to direct urgently needed support and investments to America’s nursing workforce. “As the husband of a nurse, I’ve seen up close the sacrifices our nurses make day after day to

Wyden, Merkley, Senators Press Trump Administration On Decision Not to Pre-Order More Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, Need for Transparent Plan Going Forward

December 14, 2020

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked top Operation Warp Speed officials about recent reports that earlier this year the Trump Administration declined to buy additional doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine when given the opportunity. The letter from Wyden, Merkley and 16 other senators to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, Chief

Merkley, Wyden Announce Nearly $1.5 Million in Funding to Improve Health Care on Coquille Tribe’s Kilkich Reservation

December 1, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that $1.49 million in funding is headed to the Coquille Indian Tribe in North Bend to purchase equipment and medical supplies needed to help the community meet the mounting challenges of the coronavirus crisis. The funds—which are

Oregon Delegation Press to Extend Open Enrollment Period to Dec. 31

November 30, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Greg Walden, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici today pushed the Trump administration to extend the Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace through the end of the year in light of severe obstacles

Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Call on GSA Administrator to End Unprecedented Delay, Provide Critical Transition Resources to President-Elect Biden

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have teamed up with 36 of their colleagues in calling on General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy to end her unprecedented delay, immediately ascertain former Vice President Joe Biden as President-elect and Senator Kamala Harris as Vice President-elect, and

Merkley, Colleagues Urge Administration to Send Medical Staff to Support States with Rise in Coronavirus Infections

November 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined eight of his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, urging the administration to address the unprecedented rise in coronavirus infections and

Merkley, Colleagues Call on Trump’s Justice Department to Stop Plans to Rebrand Purdue Pharma as a Public Benefit Corporation

November 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the settlement agreement announced between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Purdue Pharma (Purdue), Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and 14 of his colleagues are calling on Attorney General William Barr to stop his Department’s plan to have Purdue’s Oxycontin business transformed and preserved as