Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), and Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell asking her to terminate a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-led second evaluation of Indiana’s Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0 waiver.
Under an agreement with HHS, Indiana… Read more »
On Wednesday, the House passed a budget reconciliation package that dismantles ObamaCare and defunds Planned Parenthood. This legislation will reach the President’s desk for the first time ever.
“ObamaCare isn’t living up to the president’s promises and families are worse off because of that failure. Meanwhile, the country’s largest abortion provider… Read more »
On Friday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon released the following statement after voting for H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and fund federally qualified health centers and rural health centers that do not perform abortions.
“As a physician, I’m proud to support this legislation to redirect federal funds… Read more »
On Friday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, a bill that redirects federal funds from Planned Parenthood to federally qualified health centers and rural health centers that provide more comprehensive health services and do not perform abortions.
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Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the follow statement in response to a video that surfaced this week documenting Planned Parenthood’s inhumane practice of selling the organs and limbs of unborn children following abortions:
“As a father of four and physician who operated on babies as young as 22 weeks gestation, I find this callous disregard for human… Read more »
On Friday, the House passed landmark legislation to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-saving and life-improving treatments for the nearly 10,000 diseases without known cures. H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, is the product of more than two dozen roundtables and listening sessions across the country over the past year and has garnered widespread support… Read more »
Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D., took to the House floor on Thursday to urge support for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. During his remarks, Bucshon shared the story of Ann Seitz, the late wife of Jasper Mayor Terry Seitz, who passed away in 2010 after a two year battle with ALS.
The transcript of Dr. Bucshon’s remarks is available below and video is available… Read more »
Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) – joined by Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR) – introduced H.R. 2872, the Opioid Addiction Treatment Modernization Act, a bill to help combat the opioid abuse epidemic and ensure patients have access to appropriate treatments.
After introduction, the Congressmen released the below statements:
“As a country, we are facing a… Read more »
On Thursday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the following statement in reaction to the King v. Burwell decision by the U.S. Supreme Court:
“Under ObamaCare healthcare costs continue to rise, premiums and deductibles continue to stay unaffordable for families, and middle class workers’ hours are being slashed. While the Americans who may have… Read more »
On Tuesday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. voted to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a board of 15 unelected bureaucrats put in place by the Affordable Care Act with the sole responsibility of making cuts to Medicare.
“This board of unelected, political appointees is one of the biggest threats to the sacred doctor-patient relationship. Its sole… Read more »
