BRUNSWICK – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) this week distributed a donation facilitated by Walgreens of 1,000 units of naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, to organizations in Georgia’s First Congressional District.
More than 300 units each were delivered to the Ware State Prison, Anchored Wellness in Jesup, and Gateway Community Service Board in Brunswick.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, issued the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today sued the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) – Optum Rx, Caremark, and Express Scripts – and their respective group purchasing organizations for spiking insulin prices, imperiling the health of over 8 million… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy and Commerce Committee today unanimously advanced the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024, led by Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Greg Steube (R-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Joe Morelle (D-NY), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), extending telehealth flexibilities for Medicare… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced a bipartisan resolution declaring the week of September 15, 2024, as Telehealth Awareness Week.
The resolution, co-sponsored by Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) aims to recognize the impact of telehealth in delivering health… Read more »
SAVANNAH – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today introduced a resolution declaring August 21, 2024, as National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day.
The resolution aims to preserve the memory of those who lost their lives to illicit fentanyl poisoning, acknowledge the devastation caused by using illicit fentanyl, and raise awareness of the dangers of this deadly drug. In… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, a pharmacist by trade, released the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a bipartisan interim report on its investigation into Pharmacy Benefit Managers' (PBM) practices and their impacts on patients:
“Since day one in Congress, I’ve been calling on the FTC to investigate PBMs, which use… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez and Director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, raising concerns over Express Scripts’ exclusive contract to administer TRICARE’s pharmacy program.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients calling for President Biden to submit to a cognitive test following his sharp decline in public trust after credible reports surfaced suggesting that Biden is not mentally fit to uphold the duties of the office of the President.
This letter comes after the Wall Street… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today announced the introduction of the Foreign Research Transparency Act of 2024, a bill requiring foreign sub-grantees to disclose all documents related to U.S. taxpayer-funded research.
This bill comes after EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology refused to disclose materials related to a National… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Larry Buschon, MD (R-IN), and Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) introduced the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act). This legislation establishes critical oversight and transparency of the 340B program - while providing clear,… Read more »
