Healthcare

The Healthcare Task Force focuses on ensuring Latinos have access to affordable health care. Additionally, the Task Force focuses on public health, prevention, and health disparities.

Members:
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Co-Chair
Rep. Raul Ruiz, Co-Chair
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi

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CHC Follows Up with HHS on Lack of ACA Hispanic Outreach Plan
October 31, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and CHC Health Task Force Chair Raul Ruiz (CA-36) sent a follow-up letter to Acting Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Eric D. Hargan. The letter calls on the Acting Secretary to address the lack of outreach to Latinos in preparation for the Open Enrollment period, request an urgent meeting, and offer recommendations to ensure a successful enrollment process, which starts on November 1st.
As Members write in the letter, "While this urgent meeting request is processed and scheduled, we also want to provide you the following recommendations to support the successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the upcoming Open Enrollment period.
Issues:HealthcareDiversity and Inclusion
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CHC Chair Statement Marking End of Hispanic Heritage Month
October 16, 2017
Press Release
Washington D.C. – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement to mark the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated each year from the 15th of September until the 15th of October:
"This Hispanic Heritage Month, President Trump and his administration marked the occasion by continuing to impose an anti-immigrant and un-American agenda on the nation, insulting and shaming Americans facing a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, sabotaging the health care of millions, and supporting a tax plan that is a multi-trillion dollar giveaway to the wealthiest, at the expense of middle class and working Americans. The President's irresponsible and reckless actions and policies jeopardize the hard-earned gains of the Hispanic community.
Issues:Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting RightsImmigration and Border IssuesEducation and VeteransHealthcareDiversity and Inclusion
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CHC Demands Meeting with HHS Secretary on Lack of ACA Hispanic Outreach Plan
August 17, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and CHC Members sent a letter to Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Thomas Price, after reports surfaced that the department has no outreach plan for Hispanic enrollment in the lead up to the 2018 ACA enrollment period.
Issues:HealthcareDiversity and Inclusion
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CHC Demands Meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions
May 26, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Members of the CHC sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Jeff Sessions inviting him to a meeting to discuss the many concerns Members have with recent DOJ policy changes.
As stated in the letter, "In recent months, the Department of Justice has issued a number of troubling policy changes that run counter to this mission and move us away from a more fair and just society…Many of these changes are constitutionally questionable and some have been overturned in the courts.
Issues:Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting RightsImmigration and Border IssuesTrade, Commerce, and ManufacturingTechnology and InfrastructureEducation and VeteransHealthcareDiversity and InclusionEconomic Development and Workforce
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CHC Chair Statement on President’s Disastrous Budget
May 23, 2017
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement on President Trump's budget proposal:
"President Trump's budget is a clear indication that this Administration stands with corporations and not with working families who are trying get ahead. In the President's vision of the future, Hispanic families, children, and seniors will bear the brunt of this disastrous budget. Trump's budget wastes billions of dollars on a costly and ineffective border wall and deportation force while cutting essential programs that help Hispanic families climb the economic ladder.
Issues:Task ForcesCivil Rights, Housing, and Voting RightsImmigration and Border IssuesTrade, Commerce, and ManufacturingTechnology and InfrastructureEducation and VeteransHealthcareDiversity and InclusionEconomic Development and Workforce
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CHC Chair Reacts to Trumpcare Vote
May 4, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement after the Trumpcare vote in the House:

"Trumpcare is another politically-motivated assault by the Trump Administration and House GOP on the health and well-being of Hispanic families. Every Member of the CHC voted no to Trumpcare because it would scrap health coverage for 6.5 million Hispanics and weaken critical protections for those with a pre-existing condition.

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CHC Chair Releases Analysis of Trump’s Impact on Hispanic Community
April 28, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham released an analysis of the Trump's Administration negative impact on the Hispanic community.

Issues:Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting RightsImmigration and Border IssuesTrade, Commerce, and ManufacturingTechnology and InfrastructureEducation and VeteransHealthcareDiversity and InclusionEconomic Development and Workforce
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CHC Chair Statement on Republicans' Failed Health Care Bill
March 24, 2017
Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the following statement following today's failed attempt by Republicans to pass President Trump's health care legislation:

"This isn't a time to gloat. It's time to get to work because Republicans have played politics for the past seven years instead of putting consumers, patients and families first. They have engaged in health care malpractice, and people are really struggling. The Affordable Care Act isn't perfect, but Republicans are responsible for not allowing us to negotiate prescription drug prices, not holding insurance companies accountable for high administrative costs, and not funding ACA provisions that pay for sicker patients. Maybe now they will work in earnest with Democrats to do the right thing for American families."

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Issues:Healthcare
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CHC Health Task Force Chair Blasts GOP Health Plan
March 13, 2017
Press Release

Washington, D.C. –Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Health Care and Mental Health Task Force Chair and a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced its score of the Republican health care bill.

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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Statement Opposing Separation of Mothers and Children at the Border
March 7, 2017
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly confirmed that the Administration is considering a policy that will separate children and mothers seeking asylum as they enter the country from Latin America:

Issues:Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting RightsImmigration and Border IssuesHealthcareDiversity and Inclusion