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Latta Tours Cleveland Clinic to Witness Benefits of Repackaging Language

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) toured the Cleveland Clinic to see firsthand how his repackaging language related to drug shortages helps patients receive access to quality care in a timely manner. Latta authored language, which was included in the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act and signed into law this July, to help ease drug shortages in the…

Latta Statement on Obamacare Repeal

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which passed on the House Floor this afternoon, and issued the following statement: “A massive government takeover of our health care system that costs too much and raises taxes on American families and small businesses is not the right answer.  Of the 21 new tax increases…

Latta Statement on Supreme Court Ruling

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement following the ruling made today by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): “I am extremely disappointed with the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning.  Since the passage of PPACA, the American people have found that costs will go up not…

Latta Language Included in Final User Fee Legislation

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives agreed to amendments to S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.  The House and Senate have been working on bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the user fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, as well as establish user fee…

Latta Statement on the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement after voting in support of the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012 (H.R. 436).  The Democrat health care law, Obamacare, contains many items that are harmful to both patients and businesses.  H.R. 436 repeals important provisions from Obamacare by combining four bipartisan bills to reduce health…

Latta Language to Assist with Drug Shortages Passes House

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement after he voted for the Food and Drug Administration Reform Act, H.R. 5651.  “This important legislation will reauthorize user fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, establish user fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars, as well as reform Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Latta Bill Eliminates Automatic Spending under Obamacare

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This week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health passed H.R. 1215, a bill introduced by Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) that eliminates mandatory appropriations amounting to $375 million from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Obamacare.  The bill relates to a provision of Obamacare that established grants for personal responsibility…

Obamacare: Unhappy Anniversary

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the passage of Obamacare: “Against the wishes of the American people the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, was passed into law a year ago today.  “With promises of providing more jobs and being more widely affordable and available, it…

Medicaid Cost Makes Ohio's Budget Ill

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In the midst of last year’s health care debate, President Barack Obama said, “Everybody out there who talks about deficits has to acknowledge that the single biggest driver of our deficits is health care spending.” I agree. Health care costs pose significant fiscal challenges at all levels of government. The problem, however, is that the president’s health care overhaul has made Ohio’s…

LATTA STATEMENT ON VOTE TO REPEAL OBAMACARE

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act."   “Over the past two years, a majority of Americans have made it clear that they opposed the Democrats’ plan for the government takeover of our nation’s health care system.  They opposed the…

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