Health, Medical Research & Disabilities
Ensuring the health and wellness of all Americans is a guiding principle for Senator Markey’s work in Congress. Senator Markey believes health care is a right, not a privilege and has worked to ensure that all Americans, especially children, have access to affordable, quality health care. He has fought to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid benefits for the most vulnerable in society. He also has been a champion for health and medical research, consumer protection, the disabled, and the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
Senator Markey has a long history of supporting federal research in science and technology. On a yearly basis, Senator Markey advocates during appropriation season for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) responsible for funding various biomedical and basic science research projects, which help us better understand the origin of disease and assist developing cures.
- Combatting the Prescription Drug & Heroin Epidemic
- Children’s Health
- Disabilities
- Medical Devices
- Medical Privacy
- Medical Research and National Institutes of Health
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Senior Health & Alzheimer's Disease
- Toxics
- Senator Markey Statement on Latest Quarterly Data on Opioid Epidemic in Massachusetts Posted on 08/23/17
- Senator Markey Leads Call for Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Posted on 08/22/17
- Senate Dems Demand Answers from Trump Admin Following Repeated Actions to Undermine, Sow Confusion Around Anti-Discrimination Protections in Health Care Posted on 08/16/17
- Senator Markey Statement on President Trump’s Movement to Declare a National Emergency for the Opioid Epidemic Posted on 08/10/17
- Senator Markey Calls on President Trump to Declare Opioid Overdose Crisis a National Public Health Emergency Posted on 08/03/17
- Boston Globe: Ed Markey hopes vote will ‘signal a new era’ in collaboration Posted on 07/28/17
- Senator Markey Votes NO on Motion to Proceed to Debate Trumpcare Posted on 07/25/17