Health Care
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.-2), with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.-44) introduced legislation today that would create a specific dental benefit under Medicare Part B and repeal the statutory exclusion of Medicare coverage of most dental care and dental prostheses.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) led 61 Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Members of Congress in a letter to demand the release and investigation of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women currently detained by Immigration and Custody Enforcement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) issued a letter to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to call upon the agency to approve Illinois’s application for a Section 115 Demonstration Waiver. The letter was signed by every Democratic member of Illinois’s House delegation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) this week led a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House COVID-19 Coordinator Jeff Zients requesting that the Biden Administration prioritize plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound people across the United States.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) led a letter with Reps. Mike Quigley (IL-05), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and 21 other Members of Congress urging the Trump administration to reverse its recent announcement to shut down six regional offices in the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of General Counsel.
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) met with Chicago-area doctors and a registered nurse who have returned from Gaza and listened to the horror they witnessed and treated.
MATTESON, ILL. – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement recognizing Juneteenth, which marks 160 years since enslaved Black Americans were officially freed:
“Juneteenth is a powerful day to reflect on the progress Black Americans have made to overcome racial barriers. This country was built on the backs of Black people, and then we continued to bleed and fight for our civil rights – from Selma to Little Rock to Pullman in Chicago.
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Rep. Robin L. Kelly (IL-02), voted to pass the Build Back Better Act, which will provide transformational change to American workers and families. The bill will now go to the Senate for passage.