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NANTICOKE, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced that Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) has been awarded a $475,175 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand its nursing program.
This grant comes through the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention – Workforce Expansion Program, a federal initiative focused on training more nurses to meet the nation’s growing healthcare workforce needs.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced the INSULIN Act, bipartisan legislation to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35, or 25% of the list price per month, for all Americans with diabetes. Rep. Bresnahan introduced the legislation alongside Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Diana DeGette (CO-01), and Angie Craig (MN-02).
Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) joined local pharmacists to call for continued reforms to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), arguing the middlemen have too much control over prescription drug pricing and are hurting both working families and independent pharmacies.
SCRANTON, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) joined leadership of The Wright Center for Community Health to announce that The Wright Center has officially been designated a Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC) by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The Wright Center for Community Health has been designated a Federally Qualified Health Center by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and will open a new community health center in Monroe County later this year. Republican U.S. Rep.
WASHINGTON, DC — The week of Sunday, June 28, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced legislation to strengthen coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Through this coordination, the Protect Seniors and Veterans from Healthcare Fraud Act would prevent duplicative billing, reduce waste, and better protect taxpayer dollars.
Bresnahan first spoke about his legislation during a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee Hearing on Tuesday, June 30.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Congressman Rob Bresnahan is announcing new funding for healthcare providers.
The congressman spoke at Geisinger Wyoming Valley near Wilkes-Barre about the federal Emergency Management Agency's possible release of public assistance funding.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) cosponsored the Nursing is a Professional Degree Act, legislation that would amend the Department of Education’s (ED) definition of “professional degree” to include nursing degrees. The cosponsorship is the latest action Rep. Bresnahan has taken in the push to expand ED’s definition of “professional degrees” and the access the definition offers the next generation of professionals.