Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Year after year, healthcare is a key issue with women, which is often a prime motivator of their voting patterns. Congresswoman Clarke was a champion of the Affordable Care Act under President Obama and will fight against its dismantling this law under the current administration. She believes all Americans should be able to afford healthcare for their families. It is imperative to protect hard-working families' rights to receive healthcare at a time families need it the most.

Here is a snapshot of bills introduced by Congresswoman Clarke on Health Care:

H.R.5590 - Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop an action plan to provide recommendations on changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs to enhance: (1) the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction, and (2) the coverage and reimbursement of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.
H.R.5353 - Eliminating Opioid-Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018 amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand a program of surveillance and education, carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regarding infections associated with injection drug use.
H.R.3889 - Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act requires certain practitioners authorized to prescribe controlled substances to complete continuing education.
H.R.5616 - Opioid Minority Health Report to Congress Act of 2018 requires the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to submit to Congress a report on the impact of the opioid epidemic on minority communities.

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