Today, Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07), pushed back against the US Department of State's announcement that it would cut off funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which provides maternal and women's health care in 150 countries, including Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia.US funding to UNFPA in 2016 went to pregnancy check-ups, family planning, midwife training, and… Read more »
Today, Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), released the following statement after the House majority cancelled a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act:This bill would have kicked millions of hardworking Americans off of their health care, raised the cost of coverage for families, and imposed an age tax on our parents and grandparents. I hope that after cancelling this vote, the Speaker and the… Read more »
Today, Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) released the following statement after the White House released its proposed budget:The budget that the White House put forward this morning is bad for Sacramento County, and it's bad for California. Instead of making our middle class stronger, this budget will make it harder for hardworking Americans to get ahead. The entire family – children, working… Read more »
Today, Congressman Ami Bera (CA-7) issued the following statement after voting against House Republicans' budget designed to repeal the Affordable Care Act:Today, I voted against a reckless budget that was drafted for the clear purpose of repealing the Affordable Care Act. Despite rhetoric of "Repeal and Replace," I have yet to see a meaningful replacement, without which millions of… Read more »
Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7) and Lois Capps (CA-24) today announced that Covered California has resolved an issue for pregnant women who have been dropped from their health insurance due to a computer glitch. As reported in the Sacramento Bee on April 18, nearly 2,000 women who reported their pregnancies to Covered California were switched to Medi-Cal, or in some cases dropped… Read more »
Today, Congressman Ami Bera (CA-7) released the following statement after 40 years of the Hyde Amendment:“As a doctor and as a father, I firmly believe that a woman’s health decisions should be between her and her doctor. Respecting a patient’s autonomy is something I take seriously, as I’ve spent countless hours one-on-one with patients discussing their questions… Read more »
Sacramento – Today, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take immediate action to make lower cost alternatives available in response to exorbitantly priced EpiPens from the drug manufacturer Mylan. Currently, EpiPens have a virtual monopoly on the market for emergency allergy attack treatment. In the letter, Congressman Bera asks the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7) announced that his bipartisan legislation to fund prescription drug disposal across the country, the Dispose Responsibly Of Pills (DROP) Act, has passed the House toady 407-6 as part of the Comprehensive Opioid Reduction Act of 2016. The bill will move on to the Senate and then be signed into law. Congressman Bera first introduced this bill in May… Read more »
Today, Congressmen Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7) and Phil Roe, M.D. (TN-1), both physicians, announced that the House has included their bipartisan legislation to fund prescription drug disposal across the country, the Dispose Responsibly Of Pills (DROP) Act, in the Comprehensive Opioid Reduction Act that passed the House today 413-5.Research shows that more than half of nonmedical users of… Read more »
Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7) and Lois Capps (CA-24) led a group of 14 California representatives in calling for an immediate fix for pregnant women who have been dropped from their health insurance due to a computer glitch. As reported in the Sacramento Bee on April 18, nearly 2,000 women who reported their pregnancies to Covered California were switched to Medi-Cal, or in… Read more »
