WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman French Hill (R-AR) named the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the first winner of the Golden Fleece Award in 2020 for failing to issue fines and against clinical trial sponsors who did not disclose their trial results within one calendar year. In 2017, the FDA gained the ability to charge violators who did not disclose trial results $10,000 per… Read more »
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend the ban on fentanyl-related substances until May 6, 2021, following Senate passage of the legislation two weeks ago. Rep. French Hill (AR-02), who was the lead Republican co-sponsor of the House version of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and was active in securing its inclusion in the FY2020 National Defense… Read more »
VIONE changes the way VA handles prescriptions
1/25/2020
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
V-I-O-N-E. These five letters can change a Veteran’s life.
For many Veterans, taking a variety of medications is a necessity. But the simultaneous use of multiple medications—known as polypharmacy—can lead to dangerous drug interactions, adverse outcomes, and challenges with a patient’s… Read more »
FOX13 investigates after whistleblower alleges malpractice at one of the largest veterans centers in the country
1/15/2020
FOX13
Updated: January 15, 2020 - 10:33 PM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A whistleblower reached out to FOX13 alleging malpractice at one of the largest veterans centers in the country.
The whistleblower said patient appointments at an Arkansas VA hospital were… Read more »
Health Care Notebook
12/23/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Care act favored in foundation polls
Slightly more than half of Americans are worried they or someone in their family will lose insurance coverage if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is overturned, according to polling from health policy nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
Two tracking polls conducted… Read more »
Washington news in brief
12/15/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rx-drugs-bill vote upsets Democrats
WASHINGTON -- Democratic congressional candidates are criticizing their Republican opponents for opposing legislation designed to rein in prescription costs.
HR3, allowing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices, passed 230-192 in the U.S. House… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Congressmen French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 3, the Pelosi drug pricing plan:
“Once again, Speaker Pelosi decided to put politics over people when she brought her partisan drug plan to the floor knowing that it has no chance of becoming law. Instead of working with Republicans, she steamrolled the House to… Read more »
'Widow's tax' provision in bill OK'd by House
12/12/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed in the House of Representatives 377-48 Wednesday, contains good news for thousands of military widows in Arkansas and across the country.
The bill gradually repeals a longstanding federal law that had prevented tens of thousands of… Read more »
Rep. Hill: “Speaker Pelosi’s Drug Plan Puts Politics Over People”
12/12/2019
KARK4
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Congressmen French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 3, the Pelosi drug pricing plan:
“Once again, Speaker Pelosi decided to put politics over people when she brought her partisan drug plan to the floor knowing that it has no chance of… Read more »
Health care notebook
11/26/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Osteopathic college starts Delta project
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas has launched a program dedicated to improving health outcomes in the state's Delta region.
The Delta Population Health Institute will administer rural health initiatives, operate a mobile health unit,… Read more »
