Expanding access to affordable, quality health care without putting bureaucrats between patients and doctors has been one of my top priorities in Congress. I speak with constituents frequently who are struggling to afford health care in Kentucky and have been forced to purchase low quality, high-cost insurance that their doctor may not even accept.
That is why I have:
- Signed letter to House leadership in support of robust funding for Community Health Centers in FY25 Appropriations.
- Continued to advocate for CAROL Act funding in the appropriations process, ensuring valvular heart disease research is funded and expanded across the nation.
- Supported the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s successful effort to become the first and only NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the state of Kentucky.
- Sponsored legislation that expedites the processes for health care practitioners to volunteer at health centers during declared emergencies.
- Cosponsored legislation that fixes the Medicare physician fee schedule, preventing further cuts to physicians pay by tying the schedule to the Medicare Economic Index.
- Supported legislation that would expedite the coverage determination process for FDA-approved breakthrough devices, ensuring that seniors have access to the most innovative and cutting-edge treatments.
- Supported multiple reauthorization efforts that fund Alzheimer’s research, care, and education in critical U.S. agencies.
- Cosponsored legislation that promotes student access to defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.
- Backed legislation that prohibits insurance carriers from discriminating against living organ donors.
- Cosponsored a bill that would create protections for emergency department workers, making it a felony to assault them.
- Supported legislation that provides for coverage of microarray analysis, DNA and RNA sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, and other next-generation sequencing for individuals diagnosed with cancer.
- Cosponsored a bill that would ensure former coal miners with black lung disease can begin receiving payments immediately after their application is approved.
- Supported legislation that would establish an appropriate national minimum for the Medicare Area Wage Index to ensure that rural hospitals receive fair payment for the care they provide.
- Continued to support medical research funding through the NIH, which offer researchers a vital opportunity to perform pioneering research that will ultimately cure some of the most deadly and serious diseases impacting human health, including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease
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September 2015
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June 2015
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6/25/15 | Congressman Barr Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling |
6/2/15 | Barr and Barrasso Introduce the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act |
May 2015
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5/19/15 | Barr, Carney introduce bipartisan bill to protect consumers’ credit scores from medical debt |
January 2015
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1/22/15 | Congressman Barr's Statement on the State of the Union |
1/8/15 | Barr Stands Up for the American Worker |
December 2014
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12/12/14 | Barr Statement on Bill to Keep the Government Open |
12/5/14 | Barr Lauds Passage of the ABLE Act |
July 2014
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7/29/14 | Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) Supports Barr’s Military SAVE Act |