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  by AllOnGeorgia ... Working together! State government working in collaboration with our Federally elected officials is critical to finding solutions. I had the pleasure of joining my colleagues State Rep. Chad Cannon, State Rep. Barry Fleming, State Senator Lee Anderson, and State Rep. Jodi Lott in meeting with Congressman Rick Allen to discuss… Read more »

Washington, DC, March 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Friday, United States Representatives Buddy Carter (R-GA), Vicente Gonzalez D-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Rick Allen (R-GA), and Jake Auchinclossto (D-MA) introduced bipartisan legislation to address certain anticompetitive market practices that impact specialty pharmacies. The Drug Price Transparency in… Read more »

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is lauding legislation by U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) that will crack down on tactics by which “pharmaceutical benefit manipulator” middlemen maximize profits at the expense of patients, pharmacies, and others. The bill – the Drug Pricing Transparency in Medicaid Act (H.R. 1613) – will block middlemen… Read more »

The National Community Pharmacists Association is cheering bipartisan legislation reintroduced today to improve transparency and prevent the use of spread pricing in Medicaid managed care programs. Spread pricing is when pharmacy benefit managers overbill the state or Medicaid managed care programs, under-reimburse pharmacies for medications dispensed, and retain the difference. A broad… Read more »

The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announced new solutions Friday to improve wait times and work shortages with the aim of providing better care for our veterans. According to Manuel Davila, Executive Director of the Dublin VA, recruitment and retention of staff is their biggest challenge. However, he emphasized veteran care is their top priority and said the VA is working hard to address… Read more »

BY REP. RICK W. ALLEN (R-GA.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 03/15/23 5:35 PM ET In 2021, life expectancy in the United States sadly dropped to its lowest levels in two decades, largely driven by the spread of illicit, opioid drugs, which killed more than 80,000 Americans (and more than 1,700 Georgians) last year. That same year, federal… Read more »

Rep Rick Allen (R-GA), co-signer on H.J.Res.30 introduced February 7, 2023 by Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), spoke on the House Floor against the Biden Administration Labor Department rule regarding ESG investment in long-term investment funds. Citing the Administration’s emphasis on supporting “its radical green new deal agenda” to the detriment of the American people and their financial… Read more »

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times - Tuesday, February 28, 2023 The House voted to thwart a new rule from the Biden administration on Tuesday allowing 401(k) fund managers to consider climate change and social justice politics when investing clients’ savings, a move that could pave the way for President Biden’s first veto. The GOP-led chamber voted 216-204, with… Read more »

By Renetta DuBose AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It starts with an idea. And people who tap theClubhou.se in the Georgia Cyber Center for help launching that plan can eventually see it turn into a small business. “The great economy that we had before COVID, 70 percent of those new jobs were created by entrepreneurs,” said Rep. Rick Allen, (R) Georgia. Congressman Allen… Read more »

The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the 118th Congress has new leadership and members. Below we offer a brief look at the broadband priorities for this key panel. The subcommittee has jurisdiction over “electronic communications, both interstate and foreign, including voice, video, audio and data, whether transmitted by wire or wirelessly, and whether… Read more »