Healthcare
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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Topics from this week's episode of Indianapolis This Week include: The future of the Affordable Care Act, a chat with Susan Brooks and Andre Carson, the legacy of Greg Zoller as attorney general.
INDIANAPOLIS – A last-minute sales pitch Tuesday brought together Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) and federal health officials to tout the Affordable Care Act and encourage Hoosiers to sign up before the Dec. 15 deadline to guarantee coverage on Jan. 1.
“The Affordable Care Act has made a difference in so many of our lives,” Kathleen Falk said at an event at the HealthNet Administrative Offices, the U.S. Health and Human Services regional director.
The Thursday deadline looms large as questions swirl about the law’s future.
The House passed 21st Century Cures. 
The Alliance for Biosecurity commended the U.S. Senate’s passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, which contains provisions to promote innovation and efficiency in the development of new medical countermeasures.
A key issue the organization cited in the bill was a provision for the development of vaccines and treatments to strengthen national security and promote public health preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) praised the substantive 21st Century Cures Act for including bipartisan provisions that she helped author to strengthen national security in the event of a biological attack.
The Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act, a bill aimed at improving U.S. biodefense efforts, was introduced by Brooks and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) earlier this year. Provisions in the biodefense bill were included in the sweeping $6.3 billion 21st Century Cures medical research package.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fully paid for, transformative package of reforms and resources that will bring medical innovation process into the 21st century; accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of life-saving and life-changing treatments and cures; better prepare for biological threats; and address our most pressing national health challenges: mental health and substance abuse.
Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) released the following statement after the vote:
Madison County Triad will hold a pitch-in Christmas luncheon on December 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the theater area of Mounds Mall.
Those wanting to attend the luncheon should bring a dish or dessert. Triad will furnish the main dish. We will also have some door prizes, and Buddy and Joyce Patterson will provide Christmas music.
A $6 billion healthcare bill making its way through Congress could have significant effects on health, industry and research in the Hoosier State.
The 21st Century Cures Act was approved by a wide majority in the House Wednesday. It offers up nearly $5 billion in research spending through the National Institutes of Health, which funnels the cash to schools such as Purdue and Indiana University.
Seema Verma is an outstanding choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and I’m delighted that she can bring her experience and expertise to the table for the Trump administration.