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May 21, 2018

A new bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives is aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality rates.

Representative Robin Kelly introduced legislation to the U.S. House of Representatives that would give women who are on Medicaid longer periods of coverage to battle outrageously high rates of maternal and infant mortality in the country.

June 2, 2020

The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. But after the danger from the coronavirus has passed, some fear that the agency will reinstate those regulations, making telehealth less accessible for those who need it.

Issues:Health Care
June 2, 2020

The moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to relax regulations around telehealth have been lauded by providers and patients around the country. But after the danger from the coronavirus has passed, some fear that the agency will reinstate those regulations, making telehealth less accessible for those who need it.

Issues:Health Care
January 3, 2017

As America awaits the reality of a Republican-controlled Congress and White House, one thing has been made disturbingly clear to American families. The Trump Administration and Ryan-McConnell Congress are hell-bent on scoring political points by ending the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Issues:Health Care
May 10, 2019
Editorial

This weekend, we celebrate our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, stepmothers and all the women who love and nurture us.

There will be brunches and mimosas, cards and flowers, backyard BBQs and fancy dinners. It might just be a quick call saying, "Hey mom, I love you." Each family will be celebrating their moms in their own special way.

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Rep. Kelly speaks at a press conference, condemning Trump's budget cuts, frozen federal funds, firings of federal workers.
February 21, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) spoke out against the chaos of the second Trump administration alongside community leaders, healthcare professionals and educators yesterday at a press conference. 

December 10, 2018

The Action for Dental Health Act of 2018 has been described as a modest piece of legislation.

Issues:Health Care
September 21, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement highlighting Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Chair Dr. Robin Kelly's 2015 Kelly Report on Health Disparities in America:

"Congresswoman Kelly's 2015 report shines a bright light on one of the urgent moral challenges before America: inequality in health.

Issues:Health Care
November 1, 2017
Editorial

I'd like to applaud the Daily Journal for its recent "Do away with those unwanted drugs" editorial because ending this epidemic is up to each and every one of us.

Issues:Health Care
August 28, 2019

To Heidi House, the celebration of her toddler son's birthday Sunday was almost miraculous.

That's because House said she went into cardiac arrest at a downstate hospital when she was in labor two years ago.