Health Care
Every working family in North Florida deserves access to affordable health care. The Second Congressional District is home to world-class health centers, but we still have problems providing affordable care to rural communities that have struggled to keep up with mandates from Washington.
I’m working to cut costs and fix the problems in the Affordable Care Act to better serve North Florida. Both parties agree there are many important protections included in the law, like preventing discrimination based on gender or preexisting conditions and increasing access to preventive care, but the implementation of the law has presented new problems.
Washington’s already wasted too much time fighting over how we got here. It’s time to focus on fixing the law. That means bringing both sides together to find common sense fixes to the regulations that are negatively impacting small businesses, rural hospitals and patients. I’ve crossed the aisle to support several proposals like the Keep Your Health Plan Act that would mandate you can keep your current insurance plan if you like it.
In addition to Affordable Care Act fixes, we must improve our veterans’ health care system. Taking care of our veterans and their families is the most important promise our country makes. Our country’s world-class health care must be extended to all those who serve.
Lastly, we must provide more access to health care in our rural communities. We need to encourage more doctors to practice in rural communities, invest in health centers, and ensure all North Floridians have access to quality health care.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Representative Gwen Graham joined a bipartisan group of Florida legislators in calling on Congress to pass a clean Zika funding bill, and also called on Governor Scott to join them in supporting nonpartisan legislation to fight the deadly virus.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the National Institutes of Health (NIH) runs out of existing funds for Zika research, Representative Gwen Graham is joining Florida Democrats in asking the NIH to take extraordinary measures and divert funding from existing research to fight the Zika virus.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Gwen Graham joined a bipartisan coalition of Florida representatives asking the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider their current allocation formula for new Zika-specific funds. Currently, $16 million of new CDC funding for detecting and monitoring microcephaly is being divided between 40 states and territories. Florida will receive $720,000, or just 4.5 percent of the funding.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Representative Gwen Graham is taking her fight against the Zika virus to the streets, battling mosquitos firsthand on a Workday with the Bay County Mosquito Control Division.
“My Workday was about raising awareness around our state and country to what needs to be done now to avoid an epidemic,” Rep. Graham said. “Florida’s on the front lines in the fight against Zika. It’s time for Congress to do their job and pass full funding to fight this deadly virus.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Gwen Graham is leading a coalition of more than 120 House Democrats calling for Speaker Paul Ryan to hold a vote on fully funding $1.9 billion in emergency appropriations to fight the spread of the Zika virus.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Gwen Graham delivered a floor speech in the House of Representatives recognizing Florida State University’s research into the Zika Virus and calling on Congress to fully fund research, prevention and response efforts.
“Florida State and its partner universities are showing we can make great steps in preventing the Zika Virus by working together. Congress should learn from their example and work together to stop Zika before it spreads in our state,” Rep. Graham said.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Surrounded by North Florida seniors, veterans and families, Representative Gwen Graham announced, today, that her office has helped return more than $1 million owed to constituents in the Second Congressional District.
“From day one, I’ve made constituent services a top priority,” Rep. Graham said. “I believe public service is about helping people – and while politicians fight in Washington, this is one way we can make a big difference in people’s lives here in North Florida.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Gwen Graham took to the House Floor to speak in support of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” campaign, today. In her message, she encouraged her fellow representatives and constituents in North Florida to join her in raising awareness for fighting heart disease and stroke by wearing red on National Wear Red Day – Friday, February 5, 2016.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Surrounded by healthcare professionals and advocates for women and children, Representative Gwen Graham announced the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act, at Capital Area Healthy Start, today.
The legislation aims to build on the successful and bipartisan Pediatric Quality Measures Program, by providing a much-needed focus on maternity-care quality and health outcomes for mothers and infants.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Representative Gwen Graham met with North Florida Seniors at Allegro Senior Living, in Tallahassee, to celebrate Medicare’s 50th anniversary and discuss how the program has benefited them.
“When Medicare was signed into law, 50 years ago, more than half of America’s seniors were without health insurance,” Rep. Graham said. “We’ve made great progress since then, and today, I heard from North Florida seniors who rely on the program for healthcare. I’m dedicated to protecting Medicare for them and for generations to come.”