LOUISVILLE, KY – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, brought together families who have lost loved ones to drug overdose, addiction treatment professionals, law enforcement, and local officials for a roundtable discussion on how to reduce overdose deaths in Kentucky and better help people in the community… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Healthy Future Task Force co-chairs, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), and the Treatment Subcommittee announced the Task Force’s solutions to lower drug costs and supercharge the availability and development of life-saving cures and therapies.
At a roundtable with key stakeholders and patient advocates, the co-chairs and Treatment… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration decided to finalize a National Coverage Determination that significantly restricts access to certain Alzheimer’s treatments, including Aduhelm.
“CMS’s decision to move… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) helped introduce the Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act, a bill to help provide access to life-saving treatments and cures for vulnerable patients with rare diseases.
“I’m proud to be part of this game-changing legislation that reforms Medicaid to help vulnerable populations receive access to life-saving therapies,” Guthrie said.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, pressed top Biden Administration health officials in a letter to reverse a proposal that would arbitrarily restrict access to breakthrough Alzheimer’s treatments. This marks Guthrie’s second letter to call on the Biden Administration to abandon… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) advocated for his Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act of 2022 during an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing today. The legislation would provide critical substance use disorder services, including treatment and recovery services, to individuals seeking help across the Commonwealth and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who is the Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, helped introduce the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act of 2022. This bipartisan bill reauthorizes a key grant program that provides targeted resources to local entities focused on delivering treatment and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Democrats continue pursuing a Washington-knows-best approach and giving more control to unelected bureaucrats to help fix our broken health care system, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16) are co-leading House Republicans’ Healthy Future Task Force to develop targeted solutions to the most pressing issues in health care. Guthrie… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, led a letter with House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and 16 other Republican colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee to President Joe Biden. In the letter, Members share serious… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie, who is the Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, introduced the Pre-approval Information Exchange Act, a bill to help patients gain access to treatments and medical devices more quickly.
“We should be doing all we can to get treatments to patients as quickly and as safely as possible. That’s why I’m… Read more »
