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SCHIP SHOULD FOCUS ON INSURING LOW-INCOME CHILDREN FIRST
Feb 6, 2009
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As you may know, one of the first bills the Majority brought to the floor this Congress was H.R. 2, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (SCHIP). The proposal was to provide funding for states to expand their health insurance coverage of children.
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REP. BROWN-WAITE SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, NOT LEGISLATION THAT RAISES TAXES AND PUSHES FAMILIES OUT OF PRIVATE INSURANCE
Jan 14, 2009
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U.S. Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) today announced her opposition to legislation that would push low-income children out of private insurance plans and allow adults and illegal immigrants to qualify for state children’s healthcare programs. While serving in the Florida State Senate Rep. ...
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REP. BROWN-WAITE APPOINTED TO WAYS AND MEANS HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEES
Jan 9, 2009
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U.S. Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) today announced that she was selected to serve on her top subcommittee choices on the House Ways and Means Committee; Health and Social Security. These assignments place Rep. Brown-Waite at the center of the decision making process for comprehensive hea...
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REP. BROWN-WAITE NAMED TO HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Jan 7, 2009
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U.S. Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05) today announced that she has been named to the House Ways and Means Committee for the 111th Congress. A former Chairman of the Health Committee in the Florida Senate, Rep. Brown-Waite has spent much of her legislative career immersed in the issues under...
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HELPING 5TH DISTRICT SENIORS WITH HEALTH CARE COSTS
Nov 7, 2008
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As most Floridians know, our region is a wonderful place for people to spend their retirement. The 5th District has hundreds of thousands of seniors who moved into the area with dreams of spending their golden years in the warmth and beauty that Florida has to offer. With a low cost of living, a g...
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MEDICARE PART D PREMIUMS 37 PERCENT BELOW EXPECTATIONS – SAVING 5TH DISTRICT SENIORS MONEY
Sep 19, 2008
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When I first came to Congress in 2003, one of the main concerns of 5th District residents was the lack of prescription drug coverage in Medicare. Just about every person I met mentioned that their family members, their friends, or their coworkers had trouble affording their prescription d...
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REP. BROWN-WAITE STATEMENT ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION BUDGET PROPOSALS TO HIKE FEES AND COPAYMENTS FOR VETERANS
Feb 5, 2008
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U.S.
Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05)
today released the following statement regarding President Bush’s proposals to
dramatically increase veterans’ prescription drug co-payments, as well as to
start charging enrollment fees for certain classes of veterans. These proposals were included...
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ANNUAL COST OF LIVING INCREASE MUST TAKE SENIORS’ NEEDS INTO ACCOUNT
Nov 30, 2007
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As Social Security recipients across Florida found out this October, the
cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2008 is one of the smallest in recent
memory at 2.3%. I find it troubling that
faceless bureaucrats in Washington,
D.C., are directed by law to
ignore the day-to-day needs of...
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HOW CAN GINNY HELP YOU? – MEDICARE PART B
Feb 23, 2007
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The 5th District
of Florida has more recipients of Social Security and Medicare than any other
congressional district in the United
States.
Working to meet seniors’ health care needs has been my priority since I
first came to Congress.
Your Medicare Part B
insuran...
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PROTECTING SENIORS FROM DANGEROUS CHANGES TO MEDICARE PART D
Jan 12, 2007
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Knowing of your interest in
health care, I wanted to give you an update from Washington on legislation regarding the
negotiation of Medicare prescription drug prices.
Congressman John Dingell
introduced H.R. 4, the Medicare
Prescription Drug Negotiation Act of 2007, legislation that r...
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