Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

While the private sector is largely leading the charge on making health care information more easily available, the… https://t.co/qPxJan8b0F — PolitiTweet.org

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As patients have shopped around for Lasik, the price started to dramatically decrease – it has gone down 75 percent… https://t.co/aGTQT42rtG — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RandPaul has talked about how, with an elective surgery such as Lasik, a patient is more likely to call doctors’… https://t.co/asJb37P5NK — PolitiTweet.org

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Today’s hearing is an opportunity to learn how we can improve what information is easily available about the cost a… https://t.co/6xUUyOPzOT — PolitiTweet.org

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This is true for everything else but not for health care – the cost of health care has remained in a black box. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Internet has made it easier for consumers to know more about what they want to purchase before they actually bu… https://t.co/MXicoGvncb — PolitiTweet.org

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After using a website that compiled typical prices for medical care, he learned the same test would have cost just… https://t.co/cRi3lJhw3K — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SecAzar recently told the story of his doctor ordering a routine echo cardio stress test. He was sent down the st… https://t.co/llzPtN2gVV — PolitiTweet.org

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As any American, even @SecAzar, knows, it can be very difficult to find out how much a simple health care test will… https://t.co/e7HGs2tMAs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cspan: ONLINE: 10am – Reducing Health Care Costs @GOPHELP @HELPCMTEDEMS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GOPHELP: HAPPENING NOW https://t.co/BPP66oBLfU — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m about to chair a Senate health committee hearing to learn how we can improve availability of health care price… https://t.co/hhSGSZeMtd — PolitiTweet.org

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TUNE IN at 10:00 AM ET, I’ll be chairing the Senate health committee’s fourth hearing on reducing health care costs… https://t.co/8umX2KL271 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GOPHELP: TUNE IN at 10:00 AM ET for the health committee’s fourth hearing on reducing health care costs. Today the committee will exami… — PolitiTweet.org

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There is a bipartisan sense of urgency because this is our worst public health epidemic, and it affects virtually e… https://t.co/DNOs117WJF — PolitiTweet.org

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Last year, more Tennesseans died from opioid overdoses than were killed in car crashes. The opioid crisis is ravagi… https://t.co/JPtRJMcEoD — PolitiTweet.org

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.@NBCNews: Senate passes sweeping legislation to combat opioid epidemic #OpioidCrisisResponse https://t.co/GBUjg9YecM — PolitiTweet.org

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The House is a good and steady partner, and we will work fast to get a strong bill to @POTUS’s desk. https://t.co/HpR7XUv2dl — PolitiTweet.org

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I am already working to combine the Senate and House-passed bills into an even stronger law to fight the nation’s w… https://t.co/YfNE2aKgmO — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, the U.S. Senate passed the #OpioidCrisisResponse Act, which @SenateMjLdr calls “landmark legislation.” https://t.co/BOxr5TRrWW — PolitiTweet.org

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10. More early intervention with vulnerable children who have experienced trauma — PolitiTweet.org

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9. Help for mothers with opioid use disorders — PolitiTweet.org

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8. Help for babies born in opioid withdrawal — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Support for comprehensive opioid recovery centers — PolitiTweet.org

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6. More behavioral and mental health providers — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Prevent “doctor-shopping” by improving state prescription drug monitoring programs — PolitiTweet.org

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4. More medication–assisted treatment — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Blister packs for opioids, such as a 3 or 7-day supply — PolitiTweet.org

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2. New non-addictive painkillers, research and fast-track — PolitiTweet.org

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1. The #STOPACT—to stop illegal drugs, including fentanyl, at the border — PolitiTweet.org