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Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

The President signed my AARP-endorsed NOTICE Act into law. The NOTICE Act requires hospitals to provide meaningful written and oral notification to patients who are in the hospital "under observation" for more than 24 hours. Providing this notice can help Medicare patients avoid thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket, unexpected expenses.

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With the goal that every family have access to a family doctor, my work remains to improve on the foundation we have built. The Affordable Care Act helps ensure Big Insurance companies treat families fairly. It's not right that high medical bills are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. and I am working to ensure that affordable health care will be there for American families that need it the most. I am also working to stop the rapidly rising costs of prescription drugs.


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