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The Affordable Care Act took steps to lower Medicare prescription drug costs and newly-released data shows that nearly 11 million seniors and persons with disabilities have already saved more than $20.8 billion. Since 2010, the law has saved Illinoisans on Medicare more than $767 million on prescription drug costs. In 2015 alone over 196,000 beneficiaries saved over $204 million. Many seniors and those with disabilities also took advantage of preventative services with no coinsurance as well as having an annual wellness visit.
Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against legislation that would undermine key components of the Iran nuclear agreement:
Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after voting against a Republican effort to override the President’s veto of a reconciliation bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood:
WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representative Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-6) and Janice Schakowsky (IL-9), Co-Chairs of the Seniors Task Force, urged the Obama Administration to fully fund Older American Act Programs.
CHICAGO — Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), members of the Quiet Skies Caucus, released the following statement in response to the announcement by Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the City of Chicago to complete the O’Hare Modernization Program:
Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
Schakowsky Statement on Texas Grand Jury IndIctment of Anti-Abortion Activists
Planned Parenthood Cleared of Any Wrongdoing
January 25, 2016
Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:
“Over forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling of 7-2 in favor of women’s health and reproductive rights. This seminal Roe v. Wade ruling brought abortions out of the shadows and gave women control over their bodies, their health and their own economic opportunity. This decision didn’t mark the start of abortions, but it did mark the end of women dying from them.
Schakowsky Calls Request for Communications between Healthcare Provider and Patients ‘A Dangerous and Sweeping Invasion of Privacy’
Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement to honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“The life, legacy, teachings and tireless advocacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. must never be forgotten. His fight not only for civil rights, but worker’s rights and for global peace helped move our country forward and provide opportunity for millions of Americans even generations later.