Healthcare

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) suggested his own party might not pass what he called “entitlement cuts” to Medicaid due to political pressure. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) lead a bipartisan, bicameral coalition in introducing H.R.2533 – the Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere (EASE) Act, legislation to increase rural access to specialty care providers by authorizing the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to create a virtual… Read more »

  Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill to expand healthcare coverage for rural residents through telehealth By Elaine Mallon April 1, 2025 AS SEEN IN THE… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at increasing the accessibility of affordable and effective health care in Rural America. “You won't have the next generation of ag and energy producers providing America with food security and energy independence without access to basic health care in rural communities,” said… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) re-introduced the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R.842), legislation to allow for multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests to be covered by Medicare in a timely manner upon approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The legislation enjoys broad… Read more »

The Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act was introduced again in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday by Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the House budget chairman. Read more »

 Representatives Arrington and Sewell, co-leads of the Nancy Gardner SewellMedicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection … Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) held a hearing titled “Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary Effects of Health Care Consolidation,” during which the Committee focused on the budgetary effects of increasing health care consolidation and explored policy solutions to enhance competition, reduce health care costs,… Read more »

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. … Read more »

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… Read more »