Health Care
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today on PhRMA filing a lawsuit challenging the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors:
New Brunswick, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference today to call for more transparent food labels and better guidance for consumers. In April, Pallone introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act to make food labels more consumer friendly and easier to understand.
Woodbridge, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) provided an update today on bipartisan legislation that will help consumers compare and better understand the cost of health care services across different hospitals. Pallone recently introduced the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act or the PATIENT Act, which strengthens transparency requirements for both hospitals and insurers by requiring them to display price information in a format that consumers can easily understand.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in reaction to Merck’s lawsuit to block the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced award funding to Rutgers University for a New Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco:
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today issued the following statement on House passage of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement:
Piscataway, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held a press conference to call out House Republicans’ manufactured default crisis and highlight the devastating impact it would have on New Jersey. House Republicans recently passed the Default on America Act that would make harmful cuts to critical programs and services in New Jersey.
In New Jersey, the Default on America Act would:
New Brunswick, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference today at Chandler Health Center to underscore the devastating impact House Republicans’ Default on America Act would have on Americans' health care coverage. House Republicans are fabricating a crisis to justify passing the dangerous bill, which passed on a party line vote in the House last week. It would kick millions of Americans off their health care and cut $109 billion from the Medicaid program.
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) introduced legislation today to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the training of primary care medical and dental residents with a focus on supporting residents in high-need communities.
Red Bank, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Carole Johnson held a press conference today to highlight a grant Pallone helped secure from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the establishment of a new primary care medical residency program at community health centers in Monmouth County. The VNACJ Community Health Center will use the $500,000 grant to design a new program for primary care doctors to train and work in Asbury Park, Keyport, Red Bank, and Long Branch.