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Ensuring Access to High Quality Health Care

See below for information on:
- Health Care in Congress
- Federal & State Agencies
- Health Care Resources
- CRS Reports on Health Ca
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All South Carolinians deserve access to the affordable, accessible and high quality healthcare. Unfortunately, too many hardworking Americans are forced to choose between having health insurance and paying their bills.  

Since coming to Congress I have been proud to advocate for efforts to ease the rising cost of health care for all Americans, including Association Health Plans, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and medical liability reform.

America has the best healthcare available in the world, and enjoys the benefits of the highest level of medical research and innovation.  I have supported increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which conducts critically important basic medical research, and believe we must continue to foster critical research and development in the medical field.

I was a proud supported of the Medicare Modernization Act providing for the prescription drug plan (Medicare Part D) and I will continue to support programs like the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), ensuring that the most vulnerable in our society have access to quality healthcare (click here for more information on Republican efforts to strengthen the SCHIP program). 

Should you or a member of your family need assistance with any federal healthcare program, please contact one of my staff members in my South Carolina offices.  In Myrtle Beach, call 843-445-6459 and in Charleston call 843-717-4175.  You can also find important health resource information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services at this website: http://www.hhs.gov/resource/index.html.

Health Care in Congress

House Committee on Energy and Commerce (jurisdiction over most health-related policies and programs
- Full Committee Democrat Site
- Full Committee Republican Site
- Health Subcommittee: Democrat/Republican

House Committee on Ways and Means (jurisdiction over Medicare and other entitlement programs under the Social Security Act
- Full Committee Democrat Site
- Full Committee Republican Site
- Health Subcommittee: Democrat/Republican

Federal Agencies Focused on Health Care

Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Disease Control
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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MyMedicare.gov
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National Institutes of Health and links to specific NIH Institutes

Food and Drug Administration

Administration on Aging

Health Care in South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
South Carolina Healthy Choices – Medicaid Enrollment
Health Resources and Information

Health and Nutrition Information from USA.gov
Health Resources from HHS.gov
MedlinePlus.gov - Health Information from the World's Largest Medical Library

Information on Health Policy from the Congressional Research Service