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Health policy decisions that are made in Washington D.C. are felt in clinics and hospitals across Washington state and the country. Although lawmakers’ decisions directly affect the doctor-patient relationship, Congress frequently passes policies that shape our health system without direct input from physicians or patients.
LEAVENWORTH —- U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) met with constituents at Leavenworth’s Cascade High School on Sept. 9 to answer questions about public lands, healthcare, voting, immigration and more.
“I'm glad that you all decided to come. Our office phones are busy. Like, I can tell that there's a degree of worry in the community,” said Rep. Schrier.
Washington Congress members shared their public support in shifting how the federal government approaches fighting wildfires following a letter calling for changes from Chelan County Commissioners.
Bipartisan House lawmakers, including two battleground Republicans, introduced legislation Thursday to ensure people with private health insurance don’t pay more than $35 a month for insulin.
Lawmakers have discussed the idea of an insulin cap for years but haven’t been able to get legislation over the finish line over GOP resistance to government setting prices.
But two Republicans in contested battleground districts signing on shows that the GOP is trying to address concerns about the cost of healthcare ahead of the midterm elections.
CHICAGO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The percentage of parents and caregivers in the United States refusing a standard vitamin K shot for infants at birth has accelerated sharply this year, an exclusive data analysis for Reuters found, putting more newborns at risk of life-threatening bleeding episodes.
The data confirms what a dozen pediatricians, neonatologists and pediatric critical care specialists told Reuters is a top concern: rising refusals of a life-protective shot and a growing wave of mistrust toward vaccines and other newborn interventions.
HopeSource and local officials and Congresswoman Kim Schrier gather for a group picture at a previous team meeting to go over Teanaway Court plans on July 29.
Democrats in both chambers are calling on Trump to rescind his executive order that aims to reduce the number of universally recommended vaccines for children and separate the MMR vaccine into individual shots.
What happens when an entire country bans youth under 16 from social media?
That’s what Australia is evaluating in the first year of a national experiment that could have global implications for policy around youth and technology.
Jeff Hancock, a Stanford University researcher working with the Australian government to implement and evaluate the ban, visited Seattle on Tuesday for a presentation and panel discussion hosted by Seattle Children’s hospital.
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier visited Cle Elum on Wednesday to talk with officials from HopeSource and Kittitas County’s emergency operations.
She made her first stop to meet with HopeSource at its construction site for Teanaway Court, an affordable housing development that will consist of 41 units and a 66-seat daycare.
“As the community knows better than anybody, housing has gotten unaffordable,” said Schrier, a Democrat who serves in Washington’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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.