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This Affordable Care Act Toolkit is designed to help you learn about the many benefits of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and how you can take advantage of them.

May 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), with U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Boozman (R-Ark.), and U.S.

December 4, 2018

As the chorus of medical professionals weighing in on the gun debate grows louder, House Democrats are vowing to push gun legislation and funding for research with their new majority in the next Congress.

August 16, 2019

What: Non-partisan Congressional Maternal Health Field Inquiry, in collaboration with Advocate Children's Hospital. The field inquiry is intended to shine an urgent light on the status of women's health in preparation for motherhood and after giving birth.

October 10, 2024

CHICAGO – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced nearly $1.5 million to the University of Illinois-Chicago to identify and implement innovative strategies to address the maternal health crisis.

June 2, 2020

As the coronavirus spread across the country, federal and state governments relaxed restrictions during the public health emergency on the use of telehealth, providing additional means for patients to receive health care without risking their safety.

Issues:Health Care
January 17, 2020

A bipartisan group of House members introduced legislation on Jan. 16 that would use broadband service data mapping to identify areas of the country where high rates of poor maternal health overlap with a lack of broadband service access.

August 19, 2015

Today, U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) released the following statement on the passing of former Congressman Louis Stokes, founding chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust.

Issues:Health Care
January 28, 2019

Washington, DC - Congresswoman Robin Kelly, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR), released this statement on the COR's first full committee hearing on the high cost of prescription drugs: