Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, slammed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s new rule which excludes nursing from the Department of Education’s definition of “professional” graduate-level degrees, capping available federal student loans for nursing students at half of what is available for “professional” degrees. This is a result of the Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1) and will raise education costs for critically needed nurses.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), released the following statement after the Department of Education finalized a rule which institutes new caps in the amount of federal student loans available for students pursuing several different graduate degrees, including advanced practice nursing degrees. The rule, which is a result of cuts in the Big Ugly Bill (H.R.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, grilled Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, slammed the Department of Education’s new student loan caps, a result of the Big Ugly Bill (H.R. 1), which will cut in half the available graduate level student loans for nursing students and other critical professions. Courtney also called out banks for lobbying in support of the caps that will raise the cost of graduate education.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting to pass a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits. The House passed the tax credit extension bill (H.R. 1834) by a vote of 230-196. On January 1st, 2026, the Affordable Care Act tax credits expired, leading to significant premium increases for millions of Americans, including an estimated 22,000 residents in Connecticut’s Second Congressional District, according to Access Health CT.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the House of Representatives discharge petition on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits reached the required 218 signatures to force a vote on the House floor. Courtney signed the discharge petition on November 12th and has fought for months to extend the health care tax credits, which expire on January 1st, 2026.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after voting “no” on a government funding deal which paves the way for health care costs to increases for an estimated 142,000 Connecticut residents and excludes critical funding for the Columbia-class submarine program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the Connecticut Insurance Department announced that individual market rate premiums will increase by an average of 16.8% in 2026.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut leaders at Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford to discuss the impacts of health care cuts in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” which the President has now signed into law. The bill includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, the largest cut to health care in U.S. history.
NORWICH, CT – Today, Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA-15), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), and Ron Estes (R-KS-04) re-introduced the bipartisan Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025, legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that excludes coverage of skilled nursing care for certain patients, resulting in exorbitant and unexpected out-of-pocket costs.