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Arrington Fights to Drive Down Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means passed Chairman Jodey Arrington’s (TX-19) Real-Time Benefit Tools Implementation Act (H.R. 7512), bipartisan legislation to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare beneficiaries and their health care providers with price transparency tools. …

Arrington Legislation to Ensure Access to Groundbreaking Cancer Detection Tools Gains Substantial Momentum in Congress

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Arrington Legislation to Ensure Access to Groundbreaking Cancer Detection Tools Gains Substantial Momentum in Congress Bipartisan Majority of the U.S. House Now Supports Passage of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) announced that the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage…

Arrington Statement on Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Opinions

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Jodey C. Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court blocked the OSHA vaccine mandate for businesses with over 100 employees but upheld the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. “For months, I have vigorously opposed the Biden Administration’s overreaching vaccine mandates. While I applaud SCOTUS for…

Arrington Leads Texas Republicans in Amicus Brief Supporting Texas’ Lawsuit Against the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

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WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Rep. Jodey C. Arrington (TX-19) led Rep. Kevin Brady (TX-8), Rep. Michael Burgess (TX-26), Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX-2), Rep. Jake Ellzey (TX-6), Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-4), Rep. Louis Gohmert (TX-1), Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11), Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-17), Rep. Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), and Rep. Roger Williams (TX-25)…

Arrington Demands Answers on Monoclonal Antibody Drug Shortage in TX

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Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined Rep. Scott DesJarlais and over 50 House Colleagues in a letter to HHS Secretary Becerra voicing grave concerns regarding the department’s recent changes to the distribution of monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments.  “At a time when our hospitals and doctors need life-saving treatments as quickly as possible, the Biden…

Arrington Applauds Federal Court’s Decision to Reinstate Texas’ Trump-Approved Medicaid Waiver

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LUBBOCK, TX — Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement applauding a federal district court’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction after the Biden Administration unilaterally and unconstitutionally rescinded a Texas’ Medicaid waiver, which had been previously approved by the Trump Administration. “Once again, our judicial system has stopped the…

Arrington Leads Texas Republicans in Amicus Brief On Rescission of Texas’ Medicaid Waiver

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WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Reps. Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Kevin Brady (TX-8), Michael Burgess (TX-26), and Dan Crenshaw (TX-2) led the entire Texas Republican delegation in filing an Amicus Brief in support of the State of Texas’ lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS’s unprecedented action to rescind the…

Arrington Introduces Drug Pricing Bills to Stop Foreign Freeloading and Protect Rebates for Seniors

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2021  CONTACTS:  Christian McMullen, (806) 224-5216 Reilly Knecht, (806) 252-6133 Arrington Introduces Drug Pricing Bills to Stop Foreign Freeloading and Protect Rebates for Seniors WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) recently introduced two important pieces of legislation to lower prescription drug costs by fighting…

Arrington Releases Statement on Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act Decision

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WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting a Texas led challenge to the Affordable Care Act: “Today, the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, saying states failed to demonstrate harm stemming from the disastrous healthcare law. However, millions of American patients…

Arrington Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Support Rural Health Care Providers

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WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and his Democrat colleagues introduced the Accountable Care In Rural America Act. This legislation would improve the performance standards for health care providers who participate in Medicare’s Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) which are part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program. ACOs encourage hospitals, physicians, and…