Seniors
Congressman Evan Jenkins will protect Social Security and Medicare, benefits that West Virginia’s seniors have worked hard their entire lives to receive. These programs must be preserved to fulfill our promises to our seniors, now and in the future.
Congressman Jenkins opposes the Obamacare-mandated cuts to Medicare Advantage, and he opposes the privatization of Social Security. During his time as a state legislator, Evan worked to lower costs of prescription drugs for seniors as well as to reduce the tax burden they face. Congressman Jenkins will work with his colleagues to ensure seniors receive the benefits they paid for and deserve.
Evan cosponsored legislation to ensure that seniors have access to prescription medications, especially those seniors in rural areas. He also voted to secure seniors’ access to the doctors they choose to see. He also knows that receiving care in one’s home is preferable when possible, and he cosponsored legislation to ensure this care is covered by Medicare. Rep. Jenkins will continue to be a champion of seniors in Washington.
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March 2, 2016
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) has cosponsored a new, bipartisan bill to protect rural mail delivery and halt closing mail processing facilities.
H.R. 4656, the Stop Postal Closures Act, would put a moratorium on current mail processing facility closures and consolidations and require future closures be first approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission. It would also reinstate the one-to-three-day delivery standard, which the United State Postal Service eliminated in 2015.
November 6, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement today on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s block of the Cabell Huntington Hospital’s merger with St. Mary’s Medical Center:
July 31, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey held a joint press conference Friday morning to discuss the antitrust agreement filed by the attorney general’s Antitrust Division in the acquisition of St. Mary’s Medical Center by Cabell Huntington Hospital.
June 4, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement today on the Social Security Administration’s announcement that it is reversing its suspension of benefits for claimants in West Virginia and Kentucky:
“Families affected by the suspension of benefits worried about how to make ends meet in this tight economy. The Social Security Administration’s decision to reverse this suspension of benefits gives claimants immediate financial piece of mind as we wait for SSA’s announcement of a fair due process review of these claims.
May 29, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) and Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) are asking the Social Security Administration to give claimants impacted by the recent alleged fraud case more time to provide medical records to keep their benefits.
April 30, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) helped secure full funding for rural health programs for veterans in a House-passed appropriations bill.
The Veterans Affairs Department would receive $250 million for the Office of Rural Health to improve the quality of care for the nation’s three million rural veterans.
The funds are included in H.R. 2029, the fiscal year 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed today 255-163.
April 28, 2015
Columns
Having taken the oath of office just more than 100 days ago, every day I have supported policies in Congress that will help West Virginia. In just four months, we have worked in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a number of bills that will grow our economy, balance our budget, keep our promises to our veterans, strengthen Medicare, and ensure access to health insurance for low-income children.
March 26, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) voted yes today on legislation strengthening Medicare for millions of seniors, ensuring that they continue to have access to doctors and quality health care. H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives 392-37.
March 24, 2015
In The News
U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., introduced a resolution Tuesday protecting black lung benefits amid a growing numbers of cases reported in the Central Appalachia coalfields.
Black lung has roared back faster in the region than previously thought possible, and has not been so prevalent since 1974, government and local medical officials said Tuesday.
During his inaugural floor speech, Jenkins said Congress must reaffirm its commitment to provide miners with help if they contract black lung.
March 13, 2015
Columns
President Obama’s budget submission to Congress in February kicked off the debate on Capitol Hill on funding the federal government for the next fiscal year. Rest assured, I will work for the priorities of the Third Congressional District – fighting for working families, protecting coal jobs, highway and infrastructure investment, and combating the drug abuse crisis.