Health
As a physician, I am keenly aware of the challenges that all Americans face when it comes to health care.
I believe people with preexisting medical conditions should retain access to insurance. However, real reforms are necessary to make quality health care coverage more affordable and accessible. Everyone should be able to purchase insurance across state lines – competition always provides the best possible product at the lowest possible price. And finally, we must preserve and strengthen the doctor-patient relationship. Physicians, not government bureaucrats, should provide guidance on medical decisions that affect you and your family.
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Washington, D.C. - Today, the House GOP Doctors Caucus led a letter to House leadership urging their support for addressing impending Medicare payment cuts to health care providers in end-of-year legislation. The letter, signed by 83 Republican House Members, stresses the need for short and long-term solutions. |
WASHINGTON - This week, the GOP Doctors Caucus elected Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. as a new Co-Chair for the 118th Congress. Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. will complete his 4 year term at the end of the 117th Congress. Congressman Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. and Congressman Michael Burgess, M.D. will remain as Co-Chairs in the 118th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, is pleased to announce that the USDA issued a Rural Development grant in the amount of $584,800 to Christiana Health Care Services in Cecil, Maryland. ChristianaCare Union Hospital is a not-for-profit full-service hospital that serves the community by providing expert, effective, and affordable care to local residents.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee issued the following statement in response to the passage of the bipartisan Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research ExpansionAct.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD), Acting Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee along with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a member of the Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a $1,611,000.00 grant for the Smith Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Improvements project.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, is pleased to announce that the Department of Health and Human Services will be announcing a Congressional Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grant in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Lower Shore Clinic, Inc in Salisbury, Maryland.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday the House unanimously passed H.R. 3173, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, a bill to modernize and improve the prior authorization process by establishing an electronic system allowing for “real time decisions” for routinely approved services and improves transparency at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A longtime priority of the GOP Doctors Caucus, the co-chairs Reps. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH,) Andy Harris, M.D.
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone, and Andy Harris (all Md.) announced $1,399,058.69 in federal funding for Maryland firefighters and first responders in Western Maryland.
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Andy Harris (all Md.) announced $213,926.65 in federal funding for Maryland firefighters and first responders on the Eastern Shore.