Keith Ellison on Health Care

• Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
• Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
• Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
• Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
• Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges. (Jan 2011)
• Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment. (Jan 2011)
• Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
• Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
• Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
• Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
• Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
• Time for universal single payer health care. (Nov 2006)
• Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention. (Jan 2001)
• MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs. (Jan 2001)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)