Health Care
Vermont is consistently ranked as one of the healthiest states in the nation. Recent data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Vermont ranks at the top or near the top of the list on a variety of metrics, including a child’s access to health care, and percentage of children who exercise regularly.
Senator Leahy is proud that Vermont remains committed to improving its goal of providing quality and affordable coverage for all. He firmly believes that all who require care should have access, regardless of their income or where they live.
Senator Leahy is a consistent and tireless advocate of the Affordable Care Act, supporting Medicare, ensuring health care providers have the resources they need, and stemming the tide of drug abuse in New England and across the country.
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02.28.19
Statement Of Appropriations Vice Chair Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) At The Appropriations Committee Hearing On The Opioid Epidemic
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02.06.19
Daines, Leahy Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Big Health Insurance Companies from Price Fixing, Collusion
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02.05.19
Leahy And Other Leading Judiciary Committee Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Counter Rising Prescription Drug Prices
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01.29.19
Leahy Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Anticompetitive Pay-for-Delay Deals
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05.11.18
BREAKING: REAX From Appropriations Vice Chair Patrick Leahy To The President’s Drug Pricing Announcement
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12.05.17
Leahy Statement At Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing "Addressing The Opioid Crisis In America"
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10.26.17
A REALITY CHECK ON THE PRESIDENT’S OPIOID ANNOUNCEMENT
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10.26.17
Statement Of Appropriations Vice Chairman Leahy On the President’s Announcement On The Opioid Epidemic
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10.13.17
Leahy Statement On President Trump’s Recent Actions On Health Care
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09.26.17
Statement On Health Care, The Affordable Care Act, And The Flawed Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal
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09.13.17
NEWS From Sen. Leahy And Gov. Scott: VT Nets 5-Yr, $9.9M Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Grant
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09.13.17
Leahy Cosponsors Medicare For All Bill To Provide Health Care For All Americans
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08.17.17
Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy North East Regional IDeA Conference
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08.03.17
Stabenow, Brown, Baldwin, Leahy And Others Announce Medicare At 55 Act
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07.27.17
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Repeal Of The Affordable Care Act And The Debate On A Trumpcare Replacement
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07.25.17
[BREAKING] Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The Senate's Vote To Proceed To Consideration Of Trumpcare Legislation
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07.18.17
Leahy: CDC Releases $239,060 Grant To VT To Combat Opioid Epidemic
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07.13.17
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The Latest Trumpcare Plan From Senate Republican Leaders
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07.11.17
Leahy Joins Durbin And Other Senators In Urging DEA To Lower Opioid Quotas To Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
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06.27.17
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To Majority Leader McConnell's Decision To Delay Senate Votes On The Trumpcare Bill
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06.22.17
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The Senate’s Trumpcare Plan
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06.22.17
Vice Chairman Leahy Statement On The FY 18 Budget Request For The National Institutes Of Health
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06.15.17
At Appropriations Hearing With HHS Secy. Price, Leahy Slams Republicans’ Closed-Door Cobbling Together Of A Senate Trumpcare Plan
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05.04.17
Leahy REAX To House Passage Of GOP Bill To Repeal/Replace The Affordable Care Act
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04.27.17
Leaders Of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Counter Rising Prescription Drug Prices
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04.27.17
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On Introduction of the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act
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03.30.17
Leahy Slams The Latest Republican-Led Rule Rollback, Which Threatens Women’s Access To Health Care, Especially In Rural Areas
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03.24.17
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To Withdrawal Of The Trumpcare Bill From The House Floor
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03.08.17
Appropriations Vice Chair Leahy's Statement At Subcommittee On Labor, Health and Human Services Hearing: “Saving Lives Through Medical Research”
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03.07.17
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Congressional Republicans’ Trumpcare Plan
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01.10.17
Floor Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Budget Resolution, S. Con. Res. 3 (To Instruct Committees To Draft Legislation To Repeal The ACA)
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01.05.17
As New Congress Opens, Leahy Joins Klobuchar And Others To Introduce Legislation To Lower Prescription Drug Prices For Seniors
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12.13.16
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Republican Staff Report on Planned Parenthood and Fetal Tissue Donation
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12.06.16
Under Leahy’s Initiative, Bipartisan Leaders Of The Senate Judiciary Committee Urge Senators To Address Rising Prescription Drug Prices
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05.19.16
Senate Passes Bipartisan Emergency Response Co-Authored By Leahy, For The Emerging Zika Crisis
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05.18.16
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On Supplemental Funding to Combat the Zika Virus U.S. Senate Floor
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03.10.16
Senate Approves Leahy-Backed Comprehensive Legislation To Combat Opioid & Heroin Addiction
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02.29.16
Leahy: Senate Must Direct More Resources To Combat Opioid & Heroin Addiction
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02.09.16
Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal, Released Today
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01.27.16
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing on “Attacking America’s Epidemic of Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse”
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09.24.15
BROWN LEADS NINE SENATORS IN BILL TO STRIKE CADILLAC HEALTH TAX WHILE DEMANDING THAT REPEAL DOESN’T INCREASE THE DEFICIT
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08.03.15
STATEMENT OF SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY ON S. 1881 TO PROHIBIT FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTERS
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07.30.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, On the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid,
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07.06.15
Senator Leahy and Governor Shumlin Announce $12.4 M. Federal Grant for Statewide Expansion Of Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Partnerships
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06.26.15
Leahy Joins Legislation To Further Combat Opioid Epidemic
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06.25.15
Leahy Comments On Supreme Court's Decision On Obamacare (ACA)
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05.29.15
Tanning: The Ticking Time Bomb Of Skin Cancer
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11.15.14
2015 Health Care Open Enrollment - November 15, 2014 – February 15, 2015
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09.16.14
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On Vermont Health Connect
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07.16.14
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), On the “Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act”
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06.24.14
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On Vermont Leading the Nation in Children’s Health
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03.18.14
For Your March Checklist: Take Steps To Prevent Colon Cancer
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10.07.13
Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy: Time To End The Manufactured "Made In Congress" Shutdown
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09.19.13
Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy As House Votes To Slash Nutrition Relief To The Poor And To Erect Yet Another Barrier To Enactment Of A Farm Bill
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08.22.13
Leahy Announces Key Step Toward $3 M. For 2 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Projects At National Center For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) At White River Junction
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03.22.13
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on Health Reform's Third Anniversary
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07.31.12
Vermont Tops Nation In Health Insurance Rebates
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07.25.12
Vermonters Enrolled In Medicare Save $1.5 Million On Prescription Drugs In First Six Months Of 2012
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06.28.12
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding The Affordable Care Act
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06.28.12
Reaction Of Senator Leahy To The Supreme Court Decision To Uphold The Affordable Care Act
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06.19.12
Senators Seek Public Access To Historic Supreme Court Ruling
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05.14.12
On Senate Floor, Leahy Shares Observations About SCOTUS Arguments On Affordable Care Act
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03.31.12
March 2012
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03.28.12
What's At Stake: Senator Leahy Comments On The Supreme Court's Consideration Of The ACA
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03.27.12
Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy Following Today’s Supreme Court Arguments On The Affordable Care Act
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03.26.12
Courts, Cameras, And The Public's Right To Know
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03.23.12
Marking Two-Year Anniversary Of Health Care Reform, Leahy And Welch Tout Benefits To Vermonters
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03.23.12
Law Is Firmly Rooted in Congressional Practice, Constitutional Precedent
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03.16.12
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Supreme Court’s Decision To Release Audio Files And Transcripts Of Arguments In The Affordable Care Act
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02.10.12
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The White House’s Modification Of Contraceptive Coverage Under Health Insurance Reform
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11.29.11
Vermont Awarded $18 Million for Health Care
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11.17.11
Leahy: Supreme Court Should Make Proceedings More Publicly Available
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11.14.11
Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Supreme Court's Grant Of Cert On Challenge To The Affordable Care Act
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02.28.11
Vermont Delegation And Governor Shumlin Hail Obama Endorsement Of State Health Reform Waiver Legislation
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02.02.11
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The McConnell Amendment (To Repeal The Affordable Care Act) To The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Bill
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02.02.11
Leahy: Repeal Of Affordable Care Act Puts Health Care For Millions Of Americans At Stake
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02.02.11
Senator Leahy Speaks On The Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform
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01.31.11
Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Florida Federal District Court Ruling On Health Care Law
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01.25.11
Vermont Delegation Files Health Care Legislation
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01.19.11
Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The House's Expected Vote To Repeal The Affordable Care Act
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01.18.11
Vermont Leaders Move Forward On Health Care
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11.16.10
Vermont Picked for Project to Improve Patient Care
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10.08.10
Vermont Delegation: Health Care Law Invests In Vermont Primary Care
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10.01.10
Vermont, Fletcher Allen Given Featured Roles In 1st Summit Meeting On Health Quality And Costs Since Enactment Of Landmark Reforms 6 Months Ago
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09.23.10
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy Commemorating The Six-Month Milestone Of The Affordable Health Care Act
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08.10.10
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On Final Passage Of The Health/Education Jobs Bill
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08.05.10
Senate Passes Emergency Funds For Schools, Health Care
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08.04.10
Senate Votes For Schools, Health Care
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06.14.10
Reaction To The State’s Decision To Let Vermonters In The State’s VPharm Program Keep Their Medicare Prescription Drug Rebate Checks
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06.07.10
Health Care Law Improves Prescription Drug Coverage
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05.26.10
Health Care Reform Means Additional Assistance For Vermont Medicaid
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03.25.10
Comment On The Senate's Passage of The Health and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
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03.25.10
Floor Statement On Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform
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03.24.10
Statement On The Constitutionality Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
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03.23.10
Statement On Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform
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03.23.10
Comment On The Signing Of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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03.23.10
Floor Statement On Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform
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03.19.10
Comments on Vermont's Breakthrough on Medicaid In Health Reform Plan
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03.18.10
Vermont Medicaid Solution In Health Reform Plan Will Mean Millions More For Vermont’s Medicaid Program
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03.04.10
Leahy, Senators Urge Leader To Schedule Vote On Health Insurance Antitrust Repeal
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02.24.10
Comment On Bipartisan House Passage Of A Repeal Of The Health Insurance Industry’s Federal Antitrust Exemption
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02.22.10
Comment On President Obama’s Proposals For Health Care Reform
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02.12.10
Vermont Wins $12 Million for High-Tech Medical Records System
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01.14.10
Leahy Leads a Repeal Effort
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01.13.10
Leahy, 18 Senators Press For Antitrust Repeal In Health Care Compromise
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12.24.09
Statement on H.R. 3590, The 'Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act'
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12.22.09
Statement On The Constitutionality of the Health Insurance Reform Legislation
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12.21.09
Statement On The Managers' Amendment to H.R. 3590, The The “Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act”
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12.19.09
Leahy Engineers $250 M. More For Vermont’s Medicaid Program In Senate’s Health Reform Package
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12.19.09
Comment on On Repealing The Health Insurance Industry’s Exemption From Federal Antitrust Laws
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12.19.09
Leahy-Backed Amendment To Combat Health Care Fraud Included In Package
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12.19.09
Leahy Amendment To Help Free Health Clinics Included In Health Package
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12.15.09
On Prescription Drug Importation, Amendment #2793, To H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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12.13.09
Time for health insurers to compete
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12.01.09
Leahy To File Antitrust Repeal Amendment Today
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11.21.09
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Motion To Proceed To H.R. 3590, The “Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act”
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11.21.09
Leahy Debates Senate Health Insurance Reform Plan
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11.19.09
Leahy: I Will Vote To End Filibuster So Senate Can Begin Debate On Health Insurance Reform
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11.17.09
Ten State Attorneys General Back Leahy-Authored Antitrust Exemption Repeal Legislation
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11.17.09
Comment On Executive Order Establishing A Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force
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11.05.09
Leahy, Insurance Competition Expert Discuss Importance Of Increasing Competition As An Integral Element Of Health Care Reform
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11.04.09
Statement On Vermont’s Contribution to Health Insurance Reform Legislation
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10.29.09
Comment On Repeal Of Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Exemption In The House-Proposed Health Care Reform Bill
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10.28.09
Leahy, Judiciary Committee Members Introduce Health Care Fraud Enforcement Bill
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10.28.09
Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Health Care Fraud
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10.28.09
Leahy Chairs Hearing On Health Care Fraud
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10.26.09
Comment On Majority Leader Reid's Announcement That The Senate Health Insurance Reform Bill Will Include A Public Option
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10.23.09
Leahy, Mikulski, 23 Senate Colleagues Continue Fight To End Gender Rating, Discriminatory Health Insurance Industry Practices That Deny Coverage To Women
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10.21.09
Reid, Leahy and Schumer Join Consumers Union President To Announce Amendment To Promote Fair Competition Within The Health Insurance Industry
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10.21.09
Leahy, Senate Leaders Announce Amendment To Promote Fair Competition Within Health Insurance Industry
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10.21.09
Senate Judiciary Committee Health Care Fraud Prevention Hearing Rescheduled For Oct. 28
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10.17.09
Comment On President Obama’s Radio Address On Health Insurance Industry Reform
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10.14.09
Judiciary Committee Considers Repeal Of Health Insurance, Medical Malpractice Insurance Antitrust Exemption
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10.13.09
Reid, Varney To Testify At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Health, Medical Malpractice Insurance Antitrust Exemption
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10.08.09
30 Senators Sign Letter Urging Inclusion Of Public Option In Final Health Reform Legislation
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10.02.09
VPR's Vermont Edition Interview with Bob Kinzel on Public Option
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09.17.09
Leahy Introduces Bill To Repeal Antitrust Exemption For Health, Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies
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09.10.09
Comments Honoring Senator Edward Kennedy
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09.09.09
Comment On President Obama’s Address On Health Reform Before A Joint Session Of Congress
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08.12.09
Leahy Unveils Online Health Care Feature For Vermonters To Share Stories, Views On Health Issues And Reform Plans
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08.05.09
Leahy Introduces Legislation To Help Ease Crunch On Free Health Clinics
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05.21.09
Statement On The Need For Health Care Reform Legislation
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05.20.09
Comment On Creation Of The Health Care Fraud Prevention And Enforcement Action Team (HEAT)
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03.18.09
Statement In Opposition To An Obama Administration Proposal Concerning Private Insurance And Veterans Health Care
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02.03.09
Protect Health Privacy Provisions In Recovery Package
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01.26.09
Vermont Health Care Reform Commission Director To Testify Before Leahy Panel
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12.15.08
New Discount Pharmacy Shows Continued Progress In Vermont Community Health Centers
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12.11.08
Comment On President-elect Obama's Choice Of Former Senator Tom Daschle To Head The Department Of Health And Human Services And A New White House Office Of Health Reform
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05.14.08
Leahy Announces Agreement On Privacy Provisions In Health IT Bill