Hearing: “Averting a Crisis: Protecting Access to Health Care in the U.S. Territories”

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 (1:00 PM)

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Washington, D.C.
Member and witness participation will be through the Cisco Webex Virtual Platform. Public access via the Committee website at http://energycommerce.house.gov

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Jenniffer González-Colón
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

The Honorable Stacey E. Plaskett
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

The Honorable Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Witness Statement (Update #1) [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

The Honorable Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

The Honorable Michael F. Q. San Nicolas
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

Panel two

Dr. Anne Schwartz
Executive Director, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Response to Questions for the Record [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:45 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

Ms. Carolyn Yocom
Government Accountability Office

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  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Response to Questions for the Record [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:45 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Briefing Memo [PDF] Added 03/15/2021 at 02:01 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Justo S. Quintugua, member of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - Testimony from Helen C. Sablan, Medicaid Director, Commonwealth of the Norther Mariana Islands [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Albert Bryan, Jr., Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from the American Medical Association [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document from the Record - A letter from the Partnership for Medicaid [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from the American Academy of Family Physicians [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Adam P. Carbullido, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A statement from America’s Health Insurance Plans [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Michael Fraser, CEO of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Esther L. Muna, CEO of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from members of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature House of Representatives [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - Testimony from the Guam Medicaid Program [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Ralph Torres, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from Guam Regional Medical City [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record -Testimony from Michal Rhymer-Browne, Assistant Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Human Services [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - An April 2019 report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entitled, “Assessment of Health Care Infrastructure and Services, Lyndon Baines Johnson Tropical Medical Center, Pago Pago, American Samoa” [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A statement from Sandra King Young, American Samoa Medicaid Director [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A white paper prepared by Epstein Becker & Green entitled, “Medicaid in Puerto Rico: Differences from the States” [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from the Pacific Islands Primary Care Association in support of H.R. 265 [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A November 2019 study from the National Association of Medicaid Directors entitled, “Inaugural Survey of Territory Medicaid Directors” [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from the National WIC Association [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A March 2021 invoice for legislative advocacy services provided by NWG on behalf of the Puerto Rico Hospital Association [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from the Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - Public Law 116-94 Summary of Activities [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A letter from private medical providers from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in support of H.R. 265 [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - Testimony from Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A statement from Jaime Pla Cortes, Executive President of the Puerto Rico Hospital Association [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - A statement from Neil C. Weare, President and Founder of the Equally American Legal Defense and Education Fund [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Document for the Record - Testimony from Pedro R. Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

Member Statements

  • Opening Statement of Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Opening Statement of Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Opening Statement of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Ranking Member of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Opening Statement of Rep. Brett Guthrie, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

Hearing Record

  • Preliminary Hearing Transcript [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM
  • Member Attendance [PDF] Added 03/26/2021 at 03:23 PM

First Published: March 10, 2021 at 04:00 PM
Last Updated: August 6, 2021 at 10:45 AM