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Walden Statement on Health Care Provisions in Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Legislation

12.17.2019

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on health care provisions included in H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act.

"The CREATES Act, which was drawn from the bipartisan H.R. 19, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act, will prevent the anti-competitive behavior that denies patients more affordable generic  options at the pharmacy counter. We also secured  provisions to help get lower-cost, biosimilar insulin to the market faster.

"It’s unfortunate that politics got in the way of protecting patients from the rip-off of surprise...

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BREAKING: 27 Patient and Consumer Advocacy Groups Back Bicameral, Bipartisan Surprise Billing Deal

12.11.2019

WASHINGTON, DC – 27 patient and consumer advocacy groups

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Wall Street Journal: White House Applauds Bipartisan Congressional Deal to Curb Surprise Medical Bills

12.10.2019

WASHINGTON, DC – The White House is backing a deal reached by bicameral, bipartisan leaders to protect patients from surprise medical billing. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the Trump Administration "praised a congressional deal on legislation to protect consumers from surprise medical bills, raising the chances that the bipartisan bill could pass this year. "

"This compromise reflects the input of doctors and hospitals and is the result of months of delicate work to reach a deal among congressional members and the White House that protects patients,"...

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Bipartisan House and Senate Committee Leaders Announce Agreement on Legislation to Lower Health Care Costs

12.08.2019

WASHINGTON, DC — Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) along with Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today announced they have reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on legislation to lower what Americans pay out of pocket for their health care.

“I do not think it is possible to write a bill that has broader agreement than this among Senate and House Democrats and Republicans on Americans’ number one financial concern: what they pay out of their...

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Walden and Pallone: It’s time for Congress to protect patients from surprise medical bills

11.21.2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) penned...

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Walden at White House: We Are Very Close to Legislating on Surprise Billing

11.18.2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) recently spoke at the White House and used...

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Good Morning America: Walden and Pallone Discuss Protecting Americans from Surprise Medical Bills

11.07.2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) went on Good...

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Walden at AtlanticLIVE on Pelosi’s partisan drug pricing scheme: “the American people will suffer”

10.21.2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) spoke about Speaker Pelosi's partisan drug pricing scheme, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, and surprise...

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