Health Care

[HARTFORD, CT] – Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), John Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced $2.37 million in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants. The funds are awarded through the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for youth substance use prevention efforts in communities across the country.

NORWICH, CT – Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) applauded the Biden-Harris administration for successfully lowering prices by up to nearly 80% for some of the most expensive, popular drugs taken by people on Medicare. Previously, Medicare was banned from common sense negotiations, but the ban was overturned in the Inflation Reduction Act, which Courtney voted to pass on August 12, 2022 and was signed into law two years ago tomorrow.

NORWICH, CT – In another bipartisan win, the Committee on Education and the Workforce recently advanced (36-0) Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Rep.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. Joe Courtney penned a new piece in CQ Roll Call on the Republican Study Committee’s plan to tax employer sponsored health insurance. 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House passed the bipartisan Lower Costs, More Transparency Act which included legislation led by Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Erin Houchin (R-IN) that shines a light on the fees Americans pay at the pharmacy counter.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after Brooklyn resident and visiting nurse Joyce Grayson was murdered on the job while performing an at-home visit in Willimantic.

NORWICH, CT – On International Overdose Awareness Day, Rep. Joe Courtney announced a $625,000 federal grant for Griswold PRIDE to help prevent youth substance misuse.