Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., a lawmaker with a pharmacy background, is introducing a bill that would require health insurance companies that provide transgender procedures to also pay for detransitions and adverse effects.
Harshbarger fears that, under many current plans, transitioners who consider reversing their sex-reassignment procedures are stuck with what is effectively a financial one-way door.
After the United States Senate voted on Wednesday to go on a 19-day recess instead of voting on the SAVE America Act, the House Freedom Caucus declared that the House of Representatives should not act on Senate legislation until the voter ID legislation is passed.
Members of Congress are calling for increased oversight and reform after a Haitian national in Florida was convicted in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that prosecutors said involved more than $58 million in false claims targeting Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers using a federal drug discount program.
SEVIERVILLE — Veterans, their families and other members of the community met on the Sevier County Courthouse lawn on Monday to honor and remember those who gave their lives serving in the nation’s armed forces.
Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters and Rep. Diana Harshbarger both spoke during the Memorial Day event.
