Rubio, Scott, and Dunn Lead Members of Florida Delegation in Urging Biden Administration to End Heavy-Handed Allocation System for Life-saving Covid-19 Treatments

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U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), along with Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) led Republican members of the Florida congressional delegation in writing to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra urging the department to reverse its burdensome allocation for monoclonal antibody drugs (mAbs) and return to a state-based model in which states and local healthcare providers can directly order mAbs from drug manufacturers.

Joining Rubio, Scott and Dunn were Mike Waltz (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Carlos Giménez (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Greg Steube (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL).

In September 2021, Rubio and Scott introduced the Treatment Restoration for Emergency Antibody Therapeutics (TREAT) Act which would stop HHS from restricting hospitals and healthcare facilities from accessing life-saving COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments directly from drug manufacturers. Also in September 2021, Rubio led Republican members of the Florida congressional delegation in urging Secretary Becerra to reverse course on the department's sudden change in policy to ration treatments. The lawmakers sent a follow-up letter in October 2021.

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