Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a slate of bipartisan bills to lower the cost of prescription drugs, including several sponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.).   “We’re facing an affordability crisis right now, and the cost of health care and prescription drugs is…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act, bipartisan legislation to improve interstate health care workforce licensing and improve access to care across America by…

BRATTLEBORO, VT – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, toured the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where he discussed his new bipartisan bill to support rural health care providers, the Rural Hospital Support Act, and the impact of President…

KILLINGTON, VT– Yesterday, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) traveled to Killington to deliver remarks at the third annual Recovery Partners of Vermont Conference. Senator Welch discussed his ongoing work to support Vermonters in, and working toward, recovery, and emphasized the importance of community partnerships in reducing…

BURLINGTON, VT – During National Recovery Month, Senator Welch welcomed $2 million from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention to the DREAM Project, an organization providing Vermont’s youth with peer-to-peer mentoring services which prevent high-risk behaviors such as substance misuse…