Health Care

Congress extends support benefits to Alzheimer's patients under 60 LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An act by Congress is being called a breakthrough for Alzheimer’s patients. This week, Congress extended support benefits to patients with Alzheimer’s under 60 years old. As part of the re-authorization of the Older Americans Act, they included key elements of the Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s… Read more »

U.S. Reps. Hill, Womack vote for bill allowing banks to serve cannabis industry KNWA  9/30/19 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing banks to provide services to businesses in the country’s legal marijuana industry. Two of Arkansas’ four Congressmen voted for the bill, which now heads to the U.S. Senate. HR 1595, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter,… Read more »

U.S. Reps. Hill, Womack vote for bill allowing banks to serve cannabis industry Talk Business & Politics  9/27/19 LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing banks to provide services to businesses in the country’s legal marijuana industry. Two of Arkansas’ four Congressmen voted for the bill, which now heads to the U.S. Senate. HR… Read more »

Dear Friends, Far too many in our society, about 1 in 5, suffer from mental illness. Tragically, only about 50% of those suffering from mental illness receive the treatment they need in a given year. Further, 37% of incarcerated adults and 70% of incarcerated youth suffer from mental illness. These numbers are… Read more »

Medication-aided opioid care slow to catch on in state Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/23/19 Months of preparations had gone into the medication-assisted treatment program housed at a decades-old community health center in Clarendon. Signs were posted. Four providers at Mid-Delta Health Systems acquired credentials necessary to prescribe drugs used to treat opioid addiction. Clinic… Read more »

Hill seeks revamp of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits By The Ripon Advance U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on June 27 sponsored a bicameral bill to modernize Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. “To ensure that SSDI supports those who need it most and promotes work for those willing and able,” Rep. Hill said, “SSDI reforms are desperately needed.” The… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) and U.S. Senator Tom Cotton introduced companion legislation, the “Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Return to Work Act.” The bill will reform SSDI by modernizing the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) classification of disability beneficiaries and incentivizing returning to work for beneficiaries who have… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement in opposition to H.R. 987, the MORE Health Education Act, after House Democratic leadership combined bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with partisan bills to bail out Obamacare: “Fixing America’s broken health care system is a bipartisan priority. While there are many opposing views on how to… Read more »

Congressman French Hill Republicans support preserving protections for those with preexisting conditions May 9, 2019 Fixing our broken healthcare system continues to be one of the top priorities I hear about from Arkansans. Let’s get something straight once and for all: Republicans support preserving protections for those with preexisting conditions. Anyone saying otherwise is… Read more »

Arkansas delegation voices support for drug price proposal By Times Record The congressional delegation for Arkansas has voiced support of the provisions in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s recently proposed rule, Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses. U.S. Reps. Bruce Westerman, R-4th District, Steve Womack,… Read more »