Raul Ruiz

So I am working on a bill with Dr. Wenstrup, a Republican physician in Congress, to create a set of exemptions based on the doctor and patient experiences so that we can make sure we get the right medication to the patient for their…

What safeguards do you have in place to protect the patient from having to repeat a harmful or ineffective treatment because of step therapy requirements?

Step therapy is a means to save insurance companies money by creating a step-wise fashion of forcing patients to use cheaper drugs first.

We should never have a conversation about our healthcare system starting off with what the net profit of a corporation is.

What is best for the patient? And what is best for the patient is the patient's experience, not only in their health.

I want to make sure that this bill is clear that we are--what we are intending, which is to ban asbestos in products, whether it be on purpose or by accident, as an impurity, a contaminant, ingredient, anything.

The rising cost of drugs is such a big problem that it has reached kitchen table, family conversations across America.

Somebody is getting richer on the backs of our patients.

As a doctor, I put my patients' needs above all else and our solutions should do the same and reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients.

Thank you, Chairwoman Kaptur and Ranking Member Simpson. Thank you for inviting me here, today, to testify about an issue that is of incredible importance to my district in Southern California.

Will you commit to working with CBP to study the potential hazards of exposure to the New River?

By repealing the Clean Power Plan, the EPA could potentially for the first time say that any level is safe.

Will the EPA officially acknowledge that the presence of fine particulate matter at any threshold is a public health hazard?

It is good to see you back in the committee where you served and thank you for coming to discuss local and State initiatives and policies to address the pressing issue of climate change.

I think all members of this committee have heard loud and clear from our constituents that the rising costs of prescription drugs is forcing them to make tough decisions about their healthcare and the care of their family members.

So in terms of access, in terms of a young woman's ability to get their pap smears going to an underserved area where the only providers are those receiving Title X funds, 98 percent of the services are for oral contraception, family…

Those monies help for breast exams, pap smears, and other preventative services. That is what they use those monies for. It is illegal for them to use that money for abortions.

What most likely will happen, if this is allowed to go forward, is these clinics will shut down, making breast exams, pap smears, and other critical healthcare services unavailable for those who need it.

Those causes of death could be brain cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, autoimmune diseases, lymphomas, leukemias, constricted bronchiolitis, COPD, and others. Mr. Speaker, I urge each Member of this Chamber to support this…

I led a letter with 76 other of my colleagues from the New Democrat Coalition... making it a priority for this Congress to bring down costs and make sure that healthcare is affordable to everybody.

I am a proud cosponsor of 1425. It is probably the single most important thing we can do to help stabilize the individual marketplace.

Last year, the administration expanded these junk plans, harming Americans who need comprehensive coverage and get their health insurance through the ACA.

Since day 1 the Trump administration has taken actions that have increased premiums and out-of-pocket costs for Americans.

The administration sabotages raising the cost of healthcare for hardworking Americans.

Drug pricing will be a priority in this committee.