Today, Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) reintroduced the Huntington’s Disease Parity Act, a bipartisan bill that ensures Medicare is made available to people with Huntington’s Disease (HD) – a devastating, degenerative, hereditary brain disorder that causes total physical and mental deterioration. The HD Parity Act is a critical piece of legislation to the tens of th... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis asking for the implementation of recommendations in a Government Accountability Office report issued yesterday entitled “Actions Needed to Ensure Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Are Considered in Misconduct Separations.” "I urge you and your Department to gi... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) issued the following statement on repeal of the Affordable Care Act. "With astonishing dishonesty, House Republicans have forever signed their name to legislation that does, indeed, remove protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions. Their legislation also guts essential health benefits, allowing insurers to offer bare-bones plans th... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ), along with Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) today announced the awarding of an $824,110 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, and a $556,102 grant from the HHS to the Hackensack University Medical Center. Both grants wil... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to pulling the vote on the Republican health care proposal. "As this rushed process unfolded, it became clear that Republicans could not present workable health care policies but instead were constructing an incoherent hodgepodge of proposals," Rep. Pascrell s... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement in response to the postponement of the vote on Republican health care proposal, and the new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring on the bill including the Manager's Amendment. "When your initial plan causes 24 million Americans to go without health care coverage, you... Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the Ways and Means and Budget Committees, released the following statement regarding the proposed budget blueprint issued by President Trump today. "This budget makes severe, draconian, and needless cuts to programs Americans rely on every day – from support for clean air and safe water, to promoting diplomacy abroad, to medical research, ... Read more »

Today, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the release of the Rupublican health care bill. "Less coverage for Americans and more loopholes for insurance company executives, the long-awaited Republican bill is merely a tax-cut bill disguised as a health care plan. Higher costs for middle class families and cuts to health care for seniors and our most ... Read more »

Today, U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) announced the introduction of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act with 76 bipartisan original sponsors. The bill would create a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with this deadly disease. The creation of this registry would enable researchers to study the relationship between firefighters'... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, applauded the standards committee ASC X-12’s recommendation to include the device identifier portion of the unique device identifier (UDI) on the health insurance claims form. "This recommendation is a win for patients, providers, hospitals, the Food and Drug Administration, and Medicare – and ... Read more »