Henry Waxman
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Henry Waxman is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on health care, environmental policy, and consumer protection. During his tenure, Waxman played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a prominent advocate for climate change legislation. He chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on issues such as tobacco regulation and health care reform.
Last month, I joined with my colleagues Representatives Eshoo and DeGette to call for a hearing on Lifeline.
Eliminating the paper pedigree until we have something else in place would be creating greater loopholes for insertion of counterfeit drugs and substandard drugs into the distribution chain.
Today's hearing will examine ways to improve the integrity of our drug supply chain. The entry of falsified and substandard drugs into our drug supply chain poses a grave public health threat.
I agree that we need to allow enough time for the technology to evolve and for the system to be put in place.
So when Republicans voted against the Affordable Care Act, they were voting to let the insurance companies do this rescission.
Success doesn't change the opinions of my colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle.
The ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage for children with preexisting conditions right now, isn't that correct?
You have to question how sincere they are about wanting to help people with preexisting conditions.
It is to be quite amazing that the Republican suddenly want to champion a program for a few months which is a bridge until people get to what is a much more sane way to handle the matter.
It is so amazing to me that the Republicans are complaining that money was taken from the prevention program to help pay for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act after the Republicans denied the Administration funds to implement…
Republicans still oppose the Affordable Care Act. They are not taking a constructive approach.
The certainty they would have if there was no Affordable Care Act is that millions of people would be discriminated against because they had preexisting health conditions.
We talked about the Affordable Care Act being fully implemented in 2014, but many key benefits and protections from the law are already in place.
This Preexisting Condition Insurance Program, or PCIP, was part of the Affordable Care Act. It isn't something the Republicans authored into law; it was part of the Affordable Care Act that they voted against.
I hope that we take that appropriate perspective and I hope that we can develop that perspective as the Affordable Care Act is implemented over the coming months.
What I do hope is, as problems arise, we can work together to identify and fix them instead of using them to simply score political points.
The Affordable Care Act will go fully into effect and Americans will never again have to worry about their ability to get affordable, high-quality health insurance.
The Republicans fought against the Affordable Care Act. In fact, Republicans fought against Medicare, but they certainly hated the Affordable Care Act.
I would like you to take this opportunity to set the record straight on exactly how the Prevention Fund is and isn't being used and why we need it.
They would allow insurance companies to discriminate against people they look at as maybe costing them money.
Last week, members of the Safe Climate Caucus challenged the Republicans who are on the Energy and Commerce Committee to come to the floor and debate with us and talk about the problems of climate change. We wrote them a letter, and we…





