U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, Montgomery County
“President Obama demonstrated courage today in sharing his personal views on the importance of all Americans having equal rights under the law, including the legal right to marry who they love and are committed to.”
Continue to Article »Democratic Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz has gained a GOP cosponsor in her effort to repeal and replace the formula that dictates physicians’ reimbursements from Medicare.
The Pennsylvania Democrat has pushed for months to permanently replace the sustainable growth rate formula that was established in a 1997 balanced-budget agreement (PL 105-33). In recent years, the formula has called for steep cuts in Medicare’s payment rates for physicians, which Congress has avoided through a series of short-term patches known as the “doc fix.”
Continue to Article »Rep. Alyson Schwartz, D-Pa., thinks she finally has a bipartisan solution to Congress’ perennial Medicare pay headache.
Continue to Article »"Now is the time to fix the broken system once and for all," Schwartz said in a statement. "For far too long we failed America's seniors and created a long-term fiscal nightmare for Medicare by maintaining the status quo."
Continue to Article »The proposal from Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.) and Joe Heck (R., Nevada) scraps the existing formula, gives doctors pay increases for the next four years, and creates new payment models that are designed to be more stable, with variations based on specialty and geography, and for doctors who change how they deliver care.
Continue to Article »“The choice is to deny millions of children in this country those eye exams or hearing exams and instead to protect the largest oil and gas companies — they don’t need it,” said Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.).
Continue to Article »The latest proposal by Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) to replace Medicare's physician pay formula would temporarily increase doctor pay 2.5 percent based on a percentage of Medicare allowable charges, and would pay for the Sustainable Growth Rate repeal with war savings, according to a summary of the draft bill obtained by Inside Health Policy. The bill would apply annual pay increases to primary, preventive and care coordination services provided by clinicians, but it would make it easier for some specialists to receive the pay bump compared with a previous proposal, sources say.
Continue to Article »“Mitt Romney’s top Pennsylvania supporter, Governor Corbett, again dismissed concerns over the mandatory ultrasound bill – insisting that this unnecessary medical procedure is ‘not invasive at all’ and that ‘you can’t make someone watch.’ It is no surprise that Mitt Romney is ‘extraordinarily proud’ of Corbett’s endorsement, since he is campaigning on a platform that would be damaging to women across the country,” she said. “Romney wants to ‘get rid of’ Planned Parenthood, a vital health care provider for millions of women; thinks that Roe v. Wade should be overturned; supports the Blunt Amendment that would hand women’s health decisions over to their bosses; and can’t say whether he would have signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. We can’t afford for our governor, and certainly not a presidential candidate, to be this dismissive of women’s health.”
Continue to Article »U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz received the prestigious “Legislator of the Year” award from the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) for her efforts to advance health care innovation, biotechnology, and the life sciences. Schwartz was also recognized by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) today and received the “Champion of Healthcare Innovation” award for her leadership on transforming our healthcare system through the promotion of innovations in technologies, treatments, and the delivery of patient care.
Continue to Article »Incumbent Democrat Allyson Schwartz will face off against Republican Joseph James Rooney in November in the 13th Congressional District. Schwartz unofficially tallied 18,949 votes to Rooney's 14,507 votes in the Primary.
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