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Ami Bera hopes to address the high cost of treating rabies after his brush with a rabid Capitol Fox.

Bera said rabies treatment "should never break the bank."

Washington, DC, September 28, 2023

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Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) isn't giving up on his push to turn his brush with a rabid Capitol fox in April 2022 into positive public policy change.

His bill, which he reintroduced after a first attempt last year, would create a reimbursement program for providers who treat uninsured individuals for rabies and enable grants for local health department to stockpile treatments for the disease.

"Access to necessary and life-saving rabies treatment should never break the bank," Bera said in a statement.

Background: Bera — and a POLITICO reporter — were among the people bitten by the fox, whose spree of human encounters captivated and terrified the Capitol complex.