Tag: health

Mr. President, if you want to tackle a genuine national emergency and are eager to spend another $5.7 billion or far more on a project that will, in the end, make you look better to everybody, including your base, take on the opioid epidemic.

A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: End hunger.

“The American public shouldn’t be subsidizing Big Pharma’s ads which is why my legislation would close this egregious loophole.”

If you want a good society, then figure out a way so that the good doctors and good teachers get to run their professions. In other words, the politicians don't get to do it.

Would you support an amendment to the Medicare law permitting American citizens to use Medicare benefits to pay for health care in approved medical facilities located outside the United States?

“The solution here is not to replace markets, but to fix them. The Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act will introduce more competition into the prescription drug market, and bring down prices for consumers.”

Basically, Medicare is geographically limited. But what’s the point of this exclusionary rule?

"Most studies have shown that consumers expect highly processed ingredients to be labeled and many food manufacturers want to provide that information."

It's high time that corporations and governments step up to stem the tide of plastic, taking action to eliminate all but the most essential single-use plastic items.

"With Washington asleep at the wheel on this rising health threat, leadership in the marketplace is essential."