Medicaid

PLATTSBURGH, NY – Last night, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) in hosting a rally to fight back against Congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid. Held in Plattsburgh, Sen. Welch and Rep. Tonko spoke to a crowd of more than…

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…

U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the importance of protecting Medicaid and his new bipartisan bill, the Rural Hospital Support Act, while touring Brattleboro Memorial Hospital on Wednesday.Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO — U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., stopped…

Bill will protect pharmacies in Medicaid and save $2 billion over 10 years WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today led Senators Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in introducing the bipartisan Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act, legislation to…

Welch slams Trump for taking a “sledgehammer” to Vermonters’ health care  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor Wednesday evening and slammed President Trump and Republicans’ cruel budget which would slash Medicaid…