Health Care

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to his Republican colleagues in the Senate, urging them to join his new legislation to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and empower women harmed by the drug to sue its manufacturers. The outreach comes after Senator Hawley's legislation gained 3 new cosponsors: Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.). Companion legislation sponsored by Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger...

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent letters to two chemical abortion drug manufacturers—Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro— to inform them that he is opening an investigation into their business practices related to mifepristone as mounting evidence shows women are suffering alarming rates of adverse-effects after taking the drug.“I write to inform you that I am opening an investigation into Danco Laboratories and its manufacture, distribution, and marketing practices...

WASHINGTON --  Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced the No Taxes on Healthcare Act to provide relief for American families from out-of-control medical costs that have skyrocketed in recent years.  Studies estimate that nearly 41 percent of adults in the United States have some form of debt stemming from medical expenses. In the last year alone, a recent Gallup report found that 31 million Americans borrowed money to pay for healthcare. But under...

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the ETHIC Act, which would prevent Big Pharma from gaming our patent system through the use of anticompetitive "patent thickets." “Big Pharma knows exactly what it’s doing in monopolizing the U.S. patent system: driving up drug costs for Americans while preventing generic-drug manufacturers from getting their foot in the market. This bipartisan bill would break up the anticompetitive...