Continuing the work he began as chairman of the Ohio Senate Health Committee, Congressman Hobson has worked in Congress to preserve the basic values of American health care including access, security, affordability, choice and fairness. He also has supported legislation to ensure fair access to immunizations for low-income children and to help small business owners and farmers secure better prices on health insurance premiums. He has also helped to win passage of legislation to protect the health insurance of families that lose or change jobs. Additionally, he wrote a section of a law to eliminate health care paperwork and fight fraud--both of which will help control costs.
In recent years, Hobson and his colleagues worked to modernize the Medicare program by adding a prescription drug benefit and more choices for seniors, so they can find the coverage that best meets their needs. The Medicare bill also included a Hobson initiative to improve health care for women by making mammograms more accessible. Locally, he was successful in getting the necessary authorization and funding for a new Central Ohio Veterans Ambulatory Clinic to be built on the campus of the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Whitehall.