Health Care
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -- "If they care about life this is an arena where we need a lot of attention," Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) said.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, every 25 minutes a baby is born with opioid withdrawal. It’s just one consequence of America’s drug crisis.
"Just imagine starting your life out with the tremors, the shakes, the sensitivity to light, to touch, to sound," West Virginia Congressman Evan Jenkins (R-WV-3) added.
Washington, D.C. – In a letter, Ohio's U.S. House Democratic Delegation urged Governor John Kasich to rescind employment and community engagement requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries. On February 16, 2018, the Ohio Department of Medicaid proposed a Group VIII Work Requirements and Community Engagement 1115 Demonstration Waiver. The letter was cosigned by Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Tim Ryan (OH-13), Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), and Joyce Beatty (OH-03).
Toledo, Ohio – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation introduced the bipartisan Gold Star Spouse Healthcare Enhancement Act. Currently, surviving spouses retain healthcare coverage through TRICARE in the “active-duty family member” category for just three years after their servicemember passes away.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced legislation that would hold drug manufacturers accountable for spiking the price of prescription drugs; the Stop Price Gouging Act, H.R. 2974, uniquely protects consumers and penalizes drug corporations that spike drug prices deliberately without justification. Earlier this month Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a Senate version of the bill.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to the fiscal year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill:
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3055, an Appropriations package totaling $383.3 billion in discretionary spending that consists of five Fiscal Year 2020 funding bills, Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals began hearing oral arguments in the Texas v. U.S. lawsuit, Republicans' latest efforts to strike down every benefit afforded to the American people under the Affordable Care Act, including protections for 130 million Americans living with pre-existing conditions. Rep. Kaptur highlighted the devastating impact the Republican lawsuit would have on hard-working families across Northern Ohio and throughout the United States.
HHS Report to House Appropriators Confirms: Rising Prescription Drugs Prices are driving up Federal Health Spending
Washington, DC — On Tuesday June 4th, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Timothy Kennedy (NY-26), held a press conference in recognition of National CPR and AED Awareness Week and the need to expand access to AEDs nationwide to save lives. National CPR and AED Awareness Week is recognized every year from June 1st through June 7th. The Members called on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the HEARTS Act of 2024 to the floor for an immediate vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), Tim Ryan (OH-13), Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), and Joyce Beatty (OH-03) together voiced opposition to the current Republican health care proposal. This statement comes as Republican-led committees in the House began moving their health care proposals without proper transparency or in a process that respects the voices and input of the American people.