Tag: Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy and Administrator Oz of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, urging strong support for the recertification of LifeCenter Northwest, the primary organ procurement organization (OPO) for the states of Montana, Washington, Alaska, and northern Idaho. “LifeCenter Northwest is the federally designated OPO for a non-contiguous service area spanning three time zones and covering all of Alaska and Montana, most of Washington, and 11 counties in northern Idaho. The organization serves more than 10 million people

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Fox Business to discuss the failures of Obamacare.   Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on preventing another government shutdown: I hope we don’t have another shutdown. It’s possible if we can’t get cooperation. January 30th is the key date, that’s what the CR extends to. But we’re working very hard right now on the Republican side and the Democrat side, to their credit, to come to together and get these last appropriation bills voted on and passed. So, I’m cautiously optimistic, Larry, we’re going to get the work done. We’ll get a lot of this finished up this

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today sent a letter to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) urging compliance with the Smith Amendment, which prevents taxpayer dollars from being used to pay for an elective abortion under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. OPM has long violated the Smith Amendment by offering health care plans to Members of Congress and congressional staff that cover elective abortions. “We urge you to stop the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from administering government contributions for Members of Congress and Congressional staff in connection with health insurance plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of

HHS Overturns Biden-Era “One-Size-Fits All” Staffing Mandate U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today applauded an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services repealing a Biden-era rule that disproportionately burdened Montana’s rural nursing homes. “Today’s announcement from HHS is a massive win for Montana’s senior citizens, who deserve access to quality long-term care. Biden’s “one-size-fits-all” staffing mandate undermined access to care for patients in our rural communities and more than a dozen Montana nursing homes closed during his administration. I’m grateful to President Trump and his administration for putting the needs of our senior citizens first and for

U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing the “Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act” to expand Medicare coverage of chiropractic services for Montanans. The bill will ensure Montanans enrolled in the program can access care as a non-drug alternative for pain management, as well as x-rays and other diagnostic services needed to determine and prescribe appropriate chiropractic treatments. “I’m glad to join this commonsense bill to expand Medicare coverage because our seniors deserve better access to care for their health care needs. The less barriers to care the better,”said Daines. “I will always fight for higher quality, better access and lower cost medical care