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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) voted to pass legislation today allowing small businesses to join together to better negotiate with health insurers for quality health care coverage at lower costs. The legislation, H.R. 1101, the Small Business Health Fairness Act, would allow small businesses to band together through association health plans (AHP) to improve bargaining power and… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in passing legislation this afternoon that eliminates an Obama Administration rule prohibiting the redirecting of Title X funding away from Planned Parenthood to health care centers that don’t provide abortions. The bill, H.J. Res. 43, uses the Congressional Review Act to eliminate the ‘midnight rule’ from the Department of… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing legislation that takes an important step forward toward repealing Obamacare. Latta voted for S.Con.Res. 3, the Fiscal Year 2017 budget, which now paves the way for passing a repeal of the President’s massive health care law in the coming months. By passing the budget, the U.S.… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following the statement after the 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law this afternoon. “The signing of the landmark 21st Century Cures Act into law is a monumental event that will positively change the way our country discovers, develops, and delivers cures and treatments for patients. With only 500 approved cures and treatments… Read more »

This evening, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in voting to pass the landmark 21st Century Cures Act, legislation that would expedite the discovery, development, and delivery of new treatments. The pro-innovation bill presents a transformational opportunity to find life-saving and life-improving cures to the diseases that millions of Americans face. At the… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement after Federal regulators announced substantial premium increases for people purchasing health insurance on Healthcare.gov.   “It’s very evident that promise after promise made by Obamacare proponents have not been kept. However, it’s hard to find as damaging a falsehood as what the public was told about the… Read more »

Tuesday evening, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation providing relief to individuals that have lost coverage due to failed Obamacare Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs). The bill, H.R. 954, the CO-OP Consumer Protection Act, exempts consumers from having to pay a penalty if the co-op that they… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass H.R. 3590, the Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act on Tuesday. The bill rolls back a middle-class tax increase imposed by Obamacare and stops a similar tax increase on seniors poised to take effect in 2017. Before the passage of Obamacare, taxpayers were allowed to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in passing legislation aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic. The bill, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Conference Report, is a result of negotiations between the House and Senate to iron out differences between legislation each body previously passed to address the crisis. For detailed explanations of… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues in passing H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, to make meaningful reforms to the current mental health system. The bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support, is the first significant update to the mental health system in decades. H.R. 2646 improves mental health… Read more »