Healthcare

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve Medicare Advantage’s (MA) billing practices, offer certainty for health care providers who contract with MA plans, and ensure that seniors aren’t stuck with unfair, confusing, or delayed bills after receiving… Read more »

  Arrington's multi-cancer early detection screening bill receives bipartisan support "We are closer than ever to unleashing the power of early detection and… Read more »

Extending Obamacare tax credits won’t fix healthcare costs By Jodey Arrington September 18, 2025 AS SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER COVID-19 is long… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated his Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R.842) being advanced unanimously out of the Ways and Means Committee (43-0). This legislation would ensure multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests are covered by Medicare in a timely… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the USTRx Act, legislation that creates a Chief Pharmaceutical Trade Negotiator at USTR, who would have the responsibility of identifying foreign price controls on drugs innovated in the United States that increase costs for American patients. This negotiator would issue an annual report on these… Read more »

  U.S. Rep. Arrington talks future of rural healthcare, agriculture, America's energy sector By Mateo Rosiles August 1, 2025 AS SEEN IN THE LUBBOCK… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in introducing the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act, legislation to lower prescription drug costs by addressing patent gamesmanship. “America leads the world in medical innovation and Congress understands the necessity of strong IP protections.… Read more »

Bloated bureaucracy and growing debt are holding back President Donald Trump’s economic "golden age," according to one House Republican who is urging lawmakers to have the "political courage" to execute Trump’s America First agenda and pass a budget reconciliation bill. Read more »

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) chided House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for resorting to “fear-mongering” when discussing Medicaid in the GOP budget reconciliation budget plan. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) was joined by Representative Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) in introducing the Emergency Care Improvement Act. This bipartisan legislation will permanently expand access to emergency medical care for Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid beneficiaries. “Since Medicare began recognizing Freestanding… Read more »