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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) have introduced the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2017 (H.R. 3124) to help curb America's diabetes epidemic. This bill will allow Medicare coverage of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) services for people with prediabetes and other risk factors for developing Type 2 diabetes.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) has teamed up with colleagues to introduce bipartisan legislation that lets Medicare Advantage insurance plans offer a wider array of benefits to chronically ill enrollees. The bill, H.R. 3044, waives uniformity requirements among Medicare Advantage plans and lets insurers offer plans better tailored to meet the individual needs of patients with chronic illness.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said the report just issued by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on the Senate bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act shows this latest iteration of Trumpcare will harm many people and lead to needless deaths.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said the Senate bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, unveiled this morning after being developed in secret among a small group of GOP Senate members, is a gift to the ultra-wealthy that will harm people who are struggling to get by, making health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans and much more costly for millions others.
Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) today introduced bipartisan legislation H.R. 2953 with Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Chairman of the House and Energy Subcommittee on Health, that would direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to analyze scientific medical data to provide information on the savings of preventive health initiatives beyond the traditional 10-year scoring window.
Washington, DC – The co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY), have written pointed letters to three key stakeholders to seek answers and solutions to the rising price of insulin, which millions of Americans with diabetes need in order to live.
Two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle have teamed up to ask three powerful health care industries to explain the rising cost of insulin, an essential treatment for people with diabetes.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Monday called for a stop to the "hyperpartisan" politics she says are fueling the GOP health care bill that — along with President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts — would slash money from programs that help more than half a million Colorado children.
"This is going to jeopardize the welfare of so many children," the Denver Democrat said at a news conference at Denver's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. "We can't sustain this ongoing assault to our health care."
Denver - Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, today expressed dismay at the announcement that President Donald J. Trump has squelched the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) initiative, extinguishing the hopes of people in Colorado and across the country that they might be protected from deportation and instead have a path to citizenship.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued this statement on the shooting incident this morning in Alexandria, VA:
"My heart goes out to Steve Scalise and all the others who experienced this horrific attack. I am keeping all the injured, along with their loved ones, in my thoughts.