Gene Green: “Fighting antibiotic resistance is both a public health and a national security priority.”

Eight years ago, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to address the HHS Office of Inspector General reports of drug manufacturers overcharging 340B drugs.

But the work started long before 2016 led by colleagues Fred Upton and Congresswoman Diane DeGette.

These numbers are troubling as we are because even more acute when you look at the existing racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities.

Maternal mortality in our country has more than doubled between 1987 and 2014, from 7.2 to 18 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.