Health Care
New Brunswick, N.J. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, visited the facility of generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals today to highlight the “Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012.” The bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Pallone establishes two critically important programs at the U.S.
Generic drugs provided more than $824 billion in savings in the last decade
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Thursday joined with House Energy and Commerce leadership to introduce the "Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012." The bill establishes two critically important programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that will help speed the delivery of low-cost drugs and other medicines to patients.
Rep. Pallone works with medical device industry leaders to encourage innovation, create jobs and kick start the economy
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. Monday released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to consider the arguments against the Affordable Care Act.
Washington, D. C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., the co-author along with the late Senator Ted Kennedy of the CLASS Act, the landmark program to provide long-term medical care, issued the following statement in response to the late Friday announcement by the Obama Administration that they were abandoning the CLASS Act before it becomes operational:
Asbury Park, N.J. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) said the federal government should be doing more to help state and local governments address the increasing disparities in health care for our nation's minority populations. Today, the New Jersey congressman met with public health officials, healthcare professionals and patients at the Community Health Center of Asbury Park to hear how the Center confronts this growing problem.
"I am very pleased to be a part of this press conference today to unveil landmark legislation addressing health disparities. Democrats in the Senate and House have been working together on this bill, the Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act of 2003, with the goal of bridging the divide in health care between the general population and minority communities, including African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans-Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans.