U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell offered the following reaction to the House of Representatives’ failure to override the President’s veto on SCHIP: “The 156 House members who joined ranks with the President instead of voting to insure America’s children committed a disastrous error in Congress today. “The SCHIP reauthorization is a bipartisan, revenue neutral, compassionate measure that would insure healt... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) questioned the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Chief Financial Officer, Timothy Hill, during today's Ways and Means joint Oversight and Health subcommittee hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA) audits: “I am outraged over the windfall profits being reaped by private insurance companies participating in the Medicare Advantage program. Working cl... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today praised House passage of H.R. 507, the Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007. Pascrell, an original sponsor of the legislation since 2002, has worked for six years towards the creation of a grant program that would increase and improve access to preventative vision care for children. “I applaud the House of Representatives for recognizing the important role... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) offered the following statement upon the President’s veto of legislation that would improve the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): “Congress went out of its way to work with the administration towards an agreement that would satisfy the healthcare needs of 10 million American children. We dramatically tailored our original legislation to meet... Read more »

U.S. Rep Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) issued a statement in support of Governor Jon S. Corzine’s lawsuit against the Bush Administration’s proposed rule change to the SCHIP program: “I fully support Governor Corzine’s decision to file suit against the Bush Administration’s arbitrary limitations for eligibility under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program,” stated Pascrell. “If the Presiden... Read more »

A leading advocate in Congress for improved children’s vision care, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today praised passage of the Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007 through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Pascrell, an original sponsor of the legislation since 2002, has worked for six years towards the creation of a grant program that would increase and improve access to preventative ... Read more »

PATERSON--U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. issued the following statement praising the bipartisan agreement made between members of the House and Senate to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for an additional five years: “Today Democrats and Republicans set aside their differences to forge a reasonable agreement that would cover approximately ten million children with health c... Read more »

CHAMP ACT WILL IMPROVE CARE FOR SENIORS, DISABLED PASCRELL GOES TO BAT FOR NEW JERSEY’S RURAL HOSPITALS Working to restore and improve the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) before its expiration on September 30, 2007, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today voted in the House of Representatives to provide health insurance for eleven million low and moderate income American chi... Read more »

FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MEASURE PROTECTS NEW JERSEY CHILDREN, SENIORS U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) hailed the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 as an opportunity for Congress to resurrect the decline of adequate healthcare coverage for America’s most vulnerable people during today’s House Ways and Means Committee markup. The CHAMP Act would adjust and reauthoriz... Read more »

CONGRESSMAN CITES “NEW JERSEY KIDS COUNT” REPORT -U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today questioned the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt on cuts to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). Pascrell cited statistics from the Association for Children of New Jersey’s “New Jersey Kids Count” study that reported a nine percent increase in uninsured ... Read more »