Bacon’s bill would improve research of treatment-immune breast cancer
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on March 3 cosponsored a bipartisan bill to provide for research and education regarding triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is estimated to account for up to 20 percent of female breast cancer diagnoses annually and is immune to many common treatments.
“I firmly believe with… Read more »
Representatives Bacon, Morelle Lead Bipartisan Effort to Combat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Today, Reps. Don Bacon (R, NE-02) and Joe Morelle (D, NY-25) introduced two pieces of legislation to advance research, treatment, and prevention of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). The legislation includes the bipartisan Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education… Read more »
Capio, the nation's leading purchaser of non-performing healthcare accounts, welcomes the introduction of The Reporting Medical Debt Payments as Positive Consumer Credit Information Act of 2024. This bipartisan bill to require credit reporting agencies to consider positive payments in credit scores, enabling consumers who are making payments to boost their credit… Read more »
Terri Smith joined the Army when she was 20 with high hopes of having a career. But her hopes were dashed within a short time, replaced by a nightmare of unbelievable proportions. Like many young people, she joined for the educational benefits, along with the desire to serve her country. https://www.hernandosun.com/2024/04/27/an-account-of-military-sexual-trauma/ Read more »
Recent findings reveal a concerning dependency on foreign sources for key pharmaceutical ingredients critical to the United States' healthcare system, with a significant focus on China. This dependency places over a quarter of US-designated essential medicines at a 'very high risk,' sparking bipartisan efforts to address the nation's pharmaceutical supply chain… Read more »
Republican Rep. Don Bacon, who is also running in a swing district in Nebraska, said, “I want to give those who want to be moms and dads that opportunity. Therefore, I will not support restrictions to IVF.”https://krdo.com/news/2024/02/23/republicans-struggle-to-respond-to-alabama-embryo-ruling-2/ Read more »
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told Axios that he also does “not support restrictions on IVF” because he wants to “give those who want to be moms and dads that opportunity.”https://freeread.causeaction.com/2024/02/23/gop-lawmaker-moves-to-protect-ivf-after-alabama-supreme-court-declares-embryos-are-children/ Read more »
The Healthcare Workforce Coalition, whose founding members include the AHA, Nov. 3 applauded Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., for reintroducing the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, legislation that would recapture up to 40,000 unused employment visas — 25,000 for nurses and 15,000 for physicians. It… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that seeks to improve and expand maternal postpartum health under the Medicaid program.
“As a husband, father, and grandfather, I recognize the importance of supporting postpartum women,” Rep. Bacon said on April 26. “Our care for women should extend to postpartum recovery, to ensure that they are living without pain or… Read more »
Rep. Bacon Leads Bipartisan Bill to Help Postpartum Women
WASHINGTON, DC— Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02), alongside Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-At Large), Terri Sewell (D-AL-070), Susan Wild (D-PA-07), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico), reintroduced H.R.2480, the Optimizing Postpartum… Read more »
