Healthcare

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-- New ideas are being suggested to help mothers get healthy and stay healthy after giving birth. Federal and state lawmakers from both parties met Friday to discuss ways to lower Indiana’s maternal and infant death rates. “Anything is better than what we have now,” said Dr. Jeff Reinhardt, an OBGYN at IU Health University Hospital. Reinhardt doesn't think U.S.… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting in support of the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act (S. 3201):  While Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have been obsessing over impeaching President Trump, work on… Read more »

 By Jared Goffinet | January 23, 2020 at 5:45 PM CST - Updated January 23 at 6:19 PM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Congressman Larry Bucshon made several stops in the Tri-State on Thursday. We caught up with him on a visit to Holly’s House. Bucshon says visits like these are helpful when he’s making policies to help children affected by these crimes. We also asked him about… Read more »

CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs committed to continued care of the uninsured and indigent earlier this week, a pledge required for its enrollment in a federal drug discount program. A resolution the Hot Springs Board of Directors adopted memorialized the commitment. The item was added to the agenda at the start of the board's Tuesday night business meeting. An email the hospital sent the… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting against House Democrats’ partisan plan for a government takeover of prescription drug manufacturers that will lead to fewer cures, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3): “No one disagrees that the cost of prescription… Read more »

Washington, D.C.) – Today, the White House released a statement outlining the devastating effects of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s top-down, heavy-handed government approach to reducing the cost of prescription drugs for the American people. “The Trump Administration is committed to lowering prescription drug prices while encouraging medical… Read more »

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(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act (H.R. 4995),  bipartisan legislation he joined Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16) in introducing, out of… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement after voting against the SHIELD Act, (H.R. 4617), an attempt by House Democrats to federalize the election process and limit the free speech of Americans: “House Democrats’ latest attempt at government… Read more »

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) released the following statement applauding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for proposing regulatory changes to the Medicare physician self-referral law, more commonly known as the Stark Law, and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute regulations to… Read more »