Americans in underserved communities will be hurt if Congress makes deep Medicaid cuts. Underserved communities already face healthcare disparities; Medicaid helps bridge this gap. Reducing Medicare funding would devastate hundreds of thousands of families and result in long-term costs our ...
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The Senate is in the midst of hearings on a number of important Executive Branch positions Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The head of HLF last week wrote an opinion ...
Read MoreThe Health Subcommittee of the House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing today that will in part focus on the Food & Drug Administration’s tobacco programs. The list of officials expected to testify include Brian King, ...
Read MoreLast month, the Hispanic Leadership Fund released an issue brief diving into the unintended consequences of limiting food choices under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The brief explained how proposed restrictions would harm households facing economic hardship. Proponents of ...
Read MoreThe free market has the power to provide patients with high-quality, affordable healthcare. A system free of burdensome government regulations puts patients in control of their health plans, it allows them to make decisions about their own care in close ...
Read MoreThe Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a “Safe Importation Action Plan” to address the high costs of prescription medicines. The proposed plan would set up a system which would channel drugs from Canada, outside of the scope ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C.–Mario H. Lopez, president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, issued the following statement in response to the recent healthcare proposal released by Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie: “In the Commonwealth, health care premiums and costs have skyrocketed while coverage ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C.–Hispanic Leadership Fund President Mario H. Lopez issued the following statement in response to today’s pending vote on healthcare vote in the U.S. Senate: “The Hispanic Leadership Fund strongly encourages all Members of the U.S. Senate to move forward ...
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