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Health care reform must ensure that quality coverage is affordable and accessible for every American, regardless of income or pre-existing conditions. But it must not force Americans into a government-run health care system that would eliminate coverage they receive from their employer. Nor must it mandate that business or individuals pay for coverage. Every American must have the right to choose the health plan that best meets their needs and medical decisions must be made by patients and doctors, not government bureaucrats.
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Jan 6, 2016
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WASHINGTON, DC– Today following the House of Representatives passage of H.R. 3762, Restoring American's Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) made the following statement:
Oct 23, 2015
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WASHINGTON, DC– Today, following the passage of H.R. 3762 – Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10) issued the following statement about the bill:
Sep 18, 2015
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WASHINGTON, DC– Today following the House vote to withdraw taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) made the following statement:
Jul 29, 2015
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Michael McCaul introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act of 2015. Congressman McCaul was joined by his fellow co-chair of the Childhood Cancer Caucus Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) as well as Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) in introducing the legislation in the House and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the legislation in the Senate.
Jul 10, 2015
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following passage of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10) issued the following statement about the bill including two provisions which he spearheaded:
Jun 25, 2015
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AUSTIN, TX – Following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold ObamaCare subsidies in the King v. Burwell case, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement.
May 7, 2015
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AUSTIN, TX – Today following the announcement that Johnson & Johnson will create an independent panel for compassionate use requests, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) made the following statement.
Mar 10, 2015
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AUSTIN, TX – Today the Food and Drug Administration announced it has approved the first pediatric cancer drug due to the voucher program that became law under the Creating Hope Act. The drug, Unituxin, developed by United Therapeutics, designed to treat neuroblastoma, is only the third third drug to receive initial FDA approval for a pediatric cancer in the last 20 years. The Creating Hope Act was signed into law in 2011, and was sponsored by Representative Michael McCaul, Representative G.K. Butterfield, and Representative Chris Van Hollen.
Feb 12, 2015
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced H.R. 909, the Andrea Sloan Compassionate Use Reform and Enhancement (CURE) Act, which would make important reforms to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) expanded access ("compassionate use") process, by ensuring seriously ill patients have the right to know the compassionate use policies of pharmaceutical companies developing the most innovative treatments. He was joined by Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Representative Leonard Lance (R-NJ). The bill is named after Andrea Sloan, an Austin resident who died on New Year's Day 2014 after being denied access to a potentially lifesaving drugs to treat her seven-year battle with ovarian cancer.