Health Care
Access to high-quality health care is a fundamental right and is critical to our prosperity as a nation. Our current health care system focuses largely on treating symptoms, not prevention or finding cures, so our priority should be funding cutting-edge research. Social Security and Medicare are critical safety net programs that serve our nation’s most vulnerable, so we need to ensure their benefits meet the needs of American seniors by accurately reflecting their cost of living.
Additionally, we need to support initiatives that increase investment for great scientific breakthroughs. Over the past hundred years, scientists have made great strides in combatting deadly diseases such as polio and measles, both of which have been virtually eliminated in the United States. We must continue to fund these life-saving advances in medical science.
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WASHINGTON — Congressmen Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) today introduced the bipartisan Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0 (MOTAA 2.0). The bill, which has been endorsed by more than 50 healthcare and recovery organizations, would establish a safe process for individuals suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) to access methadone through their local pharmacy.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) presented a $1,015,000 Community Project Funding check to expand Maryville's telehealth services and joined local leaders for the ribbon cutting of Maryville's new outpatient treatment location in Voorhees.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Thomas Kean Jr. (R- NJ) introduced the Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems and Initiatives for Sepsis (SEPSIS) Act to strengthen national efforts to combat sepsis, a life-threatening condition that Congressman Norcross developed and fully recovered from last year.
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits and deliver affordable healthcare access to millions of Americans, including 24,000 individuals in New Jersey's First Congressional District.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) voted against President Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which would result in the largest cuts to healthcare and food assistance in American history.
WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Representative Donald Norcross announced that Rowan University was awarded a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) released a statement on Republicans budget plan to slash Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and food assistance from our seniors, veterans, children, and hard-working families. This week, Republicans released a plan that dictates the specific cuts they would be making to these programs and voted for them in their Congressional committees.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Jim Costa (CA-21), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act to create a grant program to support students who have epilepsy or a seizure disorder. Based on a New Jersey law, the Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act would authorize funding to ensure all students nationwide are surrounded by trained and prepared individuals in the event of a seizure. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) released a statement on the House Republican government funding package vote.
"House Republicans just voted to target Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, cutting the programs Americans across the country rely on. Taking care of our seniors and veterans is not wasteful, it is our duty.
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Representative Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted no on House Republicans' budget plan to direct Congress to slash government programs that Americans use to access healthcare, food, childcare, and more, including a minimum of $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, so that they can afford to give the wealthy tax cuts. The budget would give the wealthiest Americans and big corporations $4.5 trillion in tax cuts while leaving everyone else behind.