Health Care
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that families in the 10th Congressional District will soon see lower health insurance premiums and more affordable prescription drugs for Medicare recipients made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act.In all, more than 40,000 people in Rep. Harder’s district will save money on their health care and prescription drug bills due to this bill.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder released the following statement applauding the House passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill has already passed the Senate and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. In its recent endorsement, the East Bay Times credited Rep.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder voted to pass the Affordable Insulin Now Act which would lower out-of-pocket costs for Americans with diabetes by ensuring no patient, regardless of their insurer, pays more than $35 per month for their insulin.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced he is backing three bipartisan bills to address the drug epidemic and fund Central Valley police departments. The bills, detailed below, will:
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that he has received the National Association of Community Health Centers' 2022 Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award. The award recognizes members of Congress who have supported community health centers in their districts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Josh Harder introduced a bill, the Improving Mental Health in Schools Act, which will allow more mental health practitioners to work in schools across the Central Valley.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder sent a letter to White House Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja urging the administration to take the action necessary to raise pay for doctors, nurses, and other federal employees at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities in Stanislaus County.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder announced the Valley Consortium for Medical Education will receive a $939,906 grant from the Department of Health & Human Services for their Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program. This comes on the heels of the $1.18 million grant Rep. Harder secured for Valley Consortium this past August.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) is doubling down on his push to include prescription drug cost reduction measures in the upcoming Build Back Better legislation after a new report that Aduhelm, currently priced at $56,000 per year, is expected to drive rising Medicare Part B rates next year.