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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. spoke out today about the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case that will be heard later this month. The case will determine whether corporate CEOs can deny women their right to insurance coverage for birth control.
Congressman Ami Bera M.D. voted today in favor of the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014. After months of unprecedented bipartisan, bicameral work in Congress to reach an unprecedented bipartisan solution, House leadership this week tied a hyper-partisan amendment to the bill. Bera made the following comment:
The Obama Administration announced new guidance and a proposed rule change to the Affordable Care Act Friday that would help prevent disruptions in care and ensure continuity for consumers. If finalized, this fix will address two significant problems that have affected families' abilities to get the health care that works for them: unnecessary plan cancellations and narrow provider networks. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. made the following statement on trade agreements and the need to protect the intersts of American workers:
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill today to fund the government through September 2014. Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following comment:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. offered the following statement on President Obama's announcement that Americans whose health insurance plans were slated to be cancelled can keep the same insurance coverage through 2014:
Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. visited with members of the Sacramento County business community today to discuss recently introduced legislation that helps protect small businesses and their employees from a new health insurance tax, known as the HIT. The visit was coordinated by the Stop the HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing the nation's small business owners, their employees and the self-employed.
Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-7) offered the following comment on the Obama Administration's announcement earlier today that they will delay the health care law's requirement for employers of a certain size to provide insurance to their employees:
Congressman Ami Bera M.D. led several of his colleagues this week in a letter to Speaker John Boehner and Leader Nancy Pelosi urging them to make the No Budget No Pay Act permanent. No Budget No Pay says that if Congress doesn't pass a budget, then they don't get paid.
Last year, Bera fulfilled an oath he made to the people of Sacramento County when he became a lead co-sponsor of the No Budget No Pay Act. Congress soon after passed a one-year version of the law, and both the House and Senate passed a budget in 2013 for the first time in years.