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State and federal lawmakers in Santa Rosa painted a dire picture Tuesday of the impacts of federal health care cuts...
...Huffman and Thompson both said they were doing what they could to oppose further erosion of the federal health care safety net. They stressed the importance of Democrats taking back control of Congress in the November general election.
State and federal lawmakers in Santa Rosa painted a dire picture Tuesday of the impacts of federal health care cuts under the Trump administration, including skyrocketing insurance premiums, the loss of health coverage for millions of Californians and the likely closure of rural hospitals and community clinics...
...Huffman and Thompson both said they were doing what they could to oppose further erosion of the federal health care safety net. They stressed the importance of Democrats taking back control of Congress in the November general election.
A proposed bill in Congress aims to cut the number of Americans burned in so-called "flame jetting" incidents, when a container holding flammable fuel can become something akin to a flamethrower. The injuries can be devastating.
The Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation (READI) Act was introduced by U.S. Reps. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and has been supported by dozens of medical organizations and drug companies as an urgently needed effort to address the global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Bill Swindell | The Press Democrat
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, introduced a bill Wednesday that would exempt measures for residential seismic retrofits from federal tax.
Rachel Raskin-Zrihen | Vallejo Times-Herald
In an attempt to make ObamaCare more accessible to those living in more expensive parts of the county, Rep. Mike Thompson and another Bay Area Congress member on Friday, reintroduced the Fair Access to Health Care Act.
In response to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office release of its official score of the Republicans' ObamaCare repeal, Rep. Mike Thompson demands they abandon the attempt, his office announced.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) introduced an amendment at the Committee on Ways and Means to allow states to keep their existing healthcare system rather than repeal it. It would provide states the option to retain their existing marketplaces, benefit protections, and cost sharing and premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Republicans rejected the proposal.
Martin Espinoza | The Press Democrat
Sonoma County health care officials Tuesday warned the newly introduced Obamacare replacement bill could upend the local health care system, leading to the loss of health coverage or dramatic benefits cuts to nearly 150,000 residents, and cost thousands of jobs and $200 million in economic losses.