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Health Care

Hawley Introduces Bill Restoring Healthcare Workers’ Conscience Rights

Thursday, January 09, 2025

Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Defense of Conscience in Healthcare Act, a bill that would restore one of President Trump’s first-term policies and direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to firmly protect the conscience rights of healthcare providers.  "Our constitutional and God-given right to religious freedom isn't nullified when someone puts on scrubs or a white coat," Senator Hawley said. "The Biden Administration...

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Hawley Statement Following Meeting with RFK Jr.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement after meeting with Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services: Today I got to sit down with @RobertKennedyJr - we had a substantive discussion about American healthcare & his plans to take on Big Pharma. We also had a good discussion, at length, about prolife policies at HHS— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 17, 2024 He committed to me to reinstate President...

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Hawley, Warren Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Control PBMs, Put Patients First

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies and driving up prescription drug costs for their own benefit.  “The insurance monopolies are ruining American health care. Patients and independent pharmacies are paying the price. This legislation will stop the insurance companies and PBMs from gobbling up even more of American health care and charging American families more and more for...

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Hawley, Blumenthal Call Out Anthem’s ‘Ill-Conceived’ Policy Limiting Anesthesia Coverage

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Elevance CEO Gail Koziara Boudreaux calling for answers regarding a recent policy change, in states including Missouri and Connecticut, that denies coverage for anesthesia care if a surgery or procedure exceeds specific time limits pre-determined by the health insurance provider. Anthem, a subsidiary of Elevance, rolled out the new policy earlier this year before public outcry forced them...

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Hawley, Whitehouse Lead Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Law Enforcement Support Program, Passes Senate Unanimously

Friday, August 02, 2024

The Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to reauthorize grants to support law enforcement and their families. The senators first introduced the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act in 2019, and it was signed into law later that year. Since then, the senators have pushed for reauthorization of the STOIC Act to ensure those who put...

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Hawley, Gillibrand Introduce Bill Boosting Mental Health Resources for First Responders

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the bipartisan First Responders Wellness Act. The bill would establish a new grant program to boost mental health and wellness resources for law enforcement. It would also direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national mental health hotline for first responders experiencing a crisis or in need of help. “I’m proud to partner with Senator Gillibrand on another piece of vital...

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Hawley Condemns Biden DOJ’s Indictment of Texas Doctor who Sounded Alarm on Illegal Transgender Procedures at Children’s Hospital

Friday, June 21, 2024

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, denouncing the Justice Department's prosecution of Dr. Eithan Haim and requesting all documents related to the agency's investigation. President Biden's Justice Department indicted Dr. Haim after he blew the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital for secretly conducting illegal child sterilization surgeries in the name of transgender healthcare. "This prosecution is intended to...

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Hawley Joins Missouri Radiation Advocates to Give Update on RECA Following Senate Lunch with Johnson

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Today U.S. Senator Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Missouri radiation advocates in the U.S. Capitol to provide an update on his continued push to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) that lapsed last week thanks to inaction from House leadership.  Today's RECA update following a Republican Senate lunch with Speaker Johnson comes after the Speaker failed to follow through on his promise to meet with Missouri radiation advocates. ". . . Now, nobody in my state—nobody in...

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Hawley, Whitehouse Lead Reauthorization Effort for Program to Support Law Enforcement, Prevent Officer Suicides

Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced a bill to reauthorize the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which provides grant funding for law enforcement family-support services and establishes suicide-prevention programs and mental health services for law enforcement officers.  The senators first introduced the STOIC Act in 2019, and it was signed into law later that year. Without action, the...

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Hawley, Blumenthal Demand Answers and Action Following UHG Cyberattack

Friday, April 05, 2024

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), who serves as Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote a letter to the CEO of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) following its disastrous data breach by ransomware group BlackCat in February.  The senators seek answers as to “how its critical health care systems were breached, why the firm suffered such an egregious and unexplained outage, and whether patient and...

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