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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA-08) and Congresswoman Erin Houchin (R-IN-09) recently introduced the bipartisan Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, alongside cosponsors Representatives Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA). Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) recently introduced the Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act, bipartisan legislation to modernize the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) biosimilar approval process, reduce unnecessary regulatory barriers, and help bring lower-cost prescription drugs to patients faster.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), and Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), respective chairs of the Democratic and GOP Doctors Caucuses, introduced the bipartisan Patients First Act–comprehensive Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) reform legislation.
LEAVENWORTH — Congresswoman Kim Schrier visited Leavenworth on July 10 to visit local businesses, talk with leaders about conditions in the Enchantments, and tour Cascade Medical to discuss support for rural healthcare.
Schrier’s visit started with a tour of downtown Leavenworth led by Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Troy Campbell, stopping at the new Willkommen Center and businesses along Front Street.
Two members of Congress have called on federal officials to address what they described as “a growing and preventable public health crisis” of families refusing the long-standard vitamin K shot for their newborns, which has led to some of those babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
WASHINGTON, DC– As reported today in The New York Times, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D.
When the mother arrived with her newborn, blood oozing from the umbilical-cord stump, Dr. Jessica Kirk and a nurse were alone in a small pediatric emergency room in Florida.
After two decades in medicine, Dr. Kirk, a pediatric hospitalist now practicing in Fairhope, Ala., usually has an idea of possible diagnoses within moments of meeting a patient. But she hadn’t seen this before. As the nurse took vital signs, Dr. Kirk called her medical director.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Chair of the Democratic Doctors Caucus, recently introduced the Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care Act, legislation that would protect doctors safely performing abortions across the country amid continued attacks on women’s right to choose. Congresswoman Schrier is joined in introducing this legislation by her fellow members of the Democratic Doctors Caucus: Reps Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Herb Conaway Jr., M.D. (NJ-03), Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Kelly Morrison, M.D.
EVERETT, WA – Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D (WA-08) and Rick Larsen (WA-02) convened families and healthcare leaders to discuss the local impacts of President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid cuts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) recently introduced her Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act, which would require private insurance plans to cover three annual primary care visits and three annual outpatient mental health or outpatient substance use disorder treatment visits without charging a copayment, coinsurance, or a deductible-related fee. The legislation would improve overall access to mental, behavioral, and primary healthcare.