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Our nation needs common sense healthcare reforms to lower healthcare costs, expand access and improve the quality of care. We must ensure that the quality of American health care received by our patients remains the best in the world. Doctors, not Washington bureaucrats, should make decisions about your health. Market-based solutions serve our families' freedom to choose their best healthcare option at an affordable price. I will continue working to restore common sense to the debate over this exceedingly important issue.
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CARMEL – Rep. Susan Brooks met with dozens of mental-health professionals Thursday to get input on a proposed House bill that would bring sweeping changes to the nation’s mental-health system.
The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act proposes changes to the nation’s mental health system by focusing programs and resources on psychiatric care for patients and families most in need of services.
Congresswoman Susan Brooks (R-IN5) co-hosted a listening session Aug. 7 on the 21st Century Cures initiative with the Indiana Health Industry Forum, BioCrossroads, Hoosiers for Health, and the Indiana Medical Device Manufactures Council at Roche Diagnostics.
Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN5) took to the House Floor recently in support of the FAIR Act, a bill that provides individuals the same relief from the Affordable Care Act that President Obama has already offered to businesses. The legislation retroactively suspends Obamacare’s individual mandate penalties until 2016, as has been done to the employer mandate most recently on February 10, 2014. It was introduced by Congresswoman Brooks and Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-LA1) last week.
Riverview Hospital hosted Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks yesterday afternoon for a tour of the campus, a lunch meeting with the Hamilton County Health Department, and a meeting with the Hamilton County Health and Medical Coalition, where the congresswoman spoke.
Congresswoman Brooks was shown several areas of the hospital by Pat Fox, Riverview CEO, Greg Murray, the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Joyce Wood, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Riverview.
The Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN5) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL12), was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today. The bill makes sure homeland security grant dollars are available for medical preparedness activities, including the purchase of vital medical equipment and supplies used by first responders.
Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN5) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act:
“Sadly, the implementation of Obamacare lacks both transparency and accountability. Hoosiers have a right to know if the government has failed to keep their personal information safe and secure. Today’s vote seeks to protect the rights of Americans who’ve provided the Administration personal data with the expectation they will be shielded from identity theft. Senator Reid should allow his colleagues to vote on this bill.”
Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced that only 701 Hoosiers have successfully signed up for healthcare plans on the Obamacare exchanges:
“Healthcare.gov is a broken web site and Obamacare is a broken law. Too many of my constituents have had their insurance plans cancelled because of Obamacare. Too many of my constituents have been forced to navigate a website that simply doesn’t function properly.
WASHINGTON – Members of the Republican Women's Policy Committee voted last night for two bills that will delay both the employer and individual mandates in Obamacare. These mandates are set to cause crippling pain on job creators and our economy. Below are statements from RWPC Members following last night's vote:
Chairwoman Renee Ellmers
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Locals can voluntarily give tax dollars to pay for political campaigns and conventions. But, an Indiana congresswoman wants to change that. Instead, she wants to take those same tax dollars and use them to fight children's diseases.
Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) and Dr. Jeff Sperring, President and CEO of the nationally recognized Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, will highlight the Kids First Research Act today during a tour of the hospital and media availability. They will be joined by 5th District families representing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).