Wyden Welcomes Peter Fise to Senate Finance Committee
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today welcomed Peter Fise to the Finance Committee health care team as a health counsel focusing on Medicare Part B, telehealth, delivery and payment of mental health care and chronic care in the fee-for-service program, and other provider issues. “Peter will make an exceptional addition […]
Wyden Statement on Jobless Benefits, Unemployment Insurance Reform
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on jobless benefits and the need to reform the unemployment insurance system: “Jobless claims have fallen to pandemic lows, which shows that Democrats’ economic relief programs are working, and I appreciate the Biden administration’s efforts to continue aid to those jobless workers who […]
Wyden Announces New Bill to End Homelessness and Ensure Affordable Housing for All
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, legislation to make a generational investment to house all people experiencing homelessness, tackle the housing affordability crisis, and expand homeownership opportunities for young people by creating a new down payment tax credit for first-time homebuyers. “Housing is a human right. Yet, millions of Americans […]
Wyden Statement on the President’s Call for Medicare Drug Negotiation
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement after President Joe Biden delivered remarks calling on Congress to pass legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs, including Medicare negotiation: “President Biden is absolutely right – American families and taxpayers have been paying too much for prescription drugs while Medicare has one […]
Wyden Statement on DOL Actions to Modernize UI Technology
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Labor Department’s actions to modernize unemployment insurance technology: “I’m glad to see the Labor Department using the funding Democrats secured for unemployment insurance administration to modernize technology, fight fraud and better serve jobless workers. The Department’s plan for these funds includes […]
Wyden, Casey Unveil Comprehensive Bill to Improve Nursing Homes for Residents and Workers
Bill from Committee Chairmen Improves Staffing, Quality, Oversight of Nursing Homes Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Aging Committee Chairman Bob Casey, D-Pa., along with Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve […]
Wyden, Neal, Casey, Bonamici Introduce Legislation to Reauthorize and Modernize Elder Justice Programs
WASHINGTON, DC—Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA), and Co-Chair of the House Elder Justice Caucus Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) unveiled a bill to protect seniors across the country by reauthorizing and funding the Elder Justice […]
Wyden Statement on Budget Resolution
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the budget resolution: “The Finance Committee is taking the lead role in making once-in-a-generation investments in the American people and restoring fairness to the tax code to pay for those investments. “I’ve been developing many major policy initiatives for […]
Wyden, Brown, Warren Probe Private Equity Ownership of Kindred at Home
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today launched an investigation into private equity ownership of for-profit hospice companies and subsequent reductions in the quality of care. The investigation centers on Kindred at Home and the period where the company was purchased and […]
Wyden and Crapo Launch Finance Effort to Address Barriers to Mental Health Care
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today launched an effort to develop bipartisan legislation to address barriers to mental health care as the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened alarming trends in Americans’ mental health care. “Far too often, Americans face barriers to obtaining timely, high-quality […]