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February 10, 2023

Sacramento, CA – Twelve local CEOs and business leaders joined Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to discuss how to strengthen the region's agriculture, technology, manufacturing and health sectors.


February 10, 2023
A report released by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week on the death of a Sacramento County Vietnam Veteran at the Mather VA Hospital revealed the hospital was responsible for "delay in life-saving intervention."

February 10, 2023

Earlier this week, Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. and local elementary school students participated in the "Valentines for Vets" program in honor of National Salute to Veterans Patients Week (February 9-15th). More than 15 classes at Mission Avenue Elementary School in Carmichael made Valentine's Day cards for veterans at Mather VA Hospital and spent the week learning about the service and sacrifices of our nation's veterans.


February 10, 2023

CMS announced yesterday that Medicare Advantage rates for 2016 will increase by an average of 1.25 percent, a reversal from the 0.95 percent cut CMS proposed in February. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. fought against the proposed cuts that would have increased costs for seniors and blocked their access to care. He offered the following comment:

Issues: Health Care

February 10, 2023

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. spoke out in support of the Not My Boss' Business bill Thursday. The bill would address the Supreme Court's misguided decision in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell.


February 10, 2023

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D., voted for a bipartisan bill to help veterans who are facing inexcusable wait times for medical care at VA health facilities – the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act. A compromise that was negotiated by both Republicans and Democrats, the bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 420 to 5. The bill is expected to pass the Senate and be signed into law by the President. Rep. Bera offered the following comment:


February 10, 2023

U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, on May 7 praised Sacramento area residents for following Sacramento County's stay-at-home order, and helping to "flatten the curve" against the spreading of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

"We can be proud of ourselves in the Sacramento area for really following the stay-at-home order and avoiding the worst of this pandemic," he said.


February 10, 2023

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation. Victor Cha is senior adviser and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a professor at Georgetown University.

The unexplained periodic absences of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the past two months are troubling. Presumed health ailments for this obese smoker and drinker could leave his nuclear-armed dictatorship potentially leaderless overnight.


February 10, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Two weeks after many Californians came out of quarantine for a sunny Memorial Day weekend, cases of COVID-19 were on the rise in Sacramento County, according to local health officials.

Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, who is also a certified physician, held a telephone town hall Monday to let Californians know the health threat is far from over.

Issues: Health Care