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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2022-08-05 ( 3 items )  
Rep. Pingree Among 75 Plus Members of Congress Urging Congressional Leadership to Lower Insulin Prices for Uninsured (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and a July 29, 2022, letter: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and more than 75 members of Congress called on congressional leadership to include people without health insurance in any legislation that limits out-of-pocket costs for insulin. In their letter to Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Schumer, House Minority Leader McCarthy, and Senate Minority Leader McConnell, Pingree and her colleagues more PR

Sen. Sinema, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill Protecting Women's Access to Health Care (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema - along with Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine), and Democratic Senator Tim Kaine (Va.) - introduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act, bipartisan legislation protecting women's ability to make their own health care decisions no matter where they live by enacting the core protections of Roe v. Wade and other important Supreme Court  more PR

Sens. Collins, Blumenthal Introduce Senate Bill to Eliminate Co-Pays for Veterans Accessing Contraception (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act to eliminate co-payments for contraception covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The legislation is co-sponsored by a total of 20 senators, including Senator Angus King (I-ME). While civilians can receive contraception without a co-pay through the Affordable Care Act a more PR