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MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) took questions from the public during a town hall in Mountain City Friday evening.
Community members asked questions and expressed concerns about several key issues in Washington D.C.
A key topic for the audience was the federal debt ceiling. Earlier in June, a bill was passed that raised the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion.
Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger introduced the Expanded Telehealth Access Act Tuesday which will make permanent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) waivers that allow for all Medicare-eligible healthcare providers to furnish telehealth services to patients.
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS waived requirements that specify the types of healthcare providers that are eligible to bill telehealth services to Medicare, with waivers expiring at the end of 2024 following an extension by Congress.
Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., introduced the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, a bipartisan bill which will make permanent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services waivers that allow for all Medicare-eligible healthcare providers to furnish telehealth services to patients.
During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS waived requirements that specify the types of healthcare providers that are eligible to bill telehealth services to Medicare, with waivers expiring at the end of 2024 following an extension by Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger introduced the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, a bipartisan bill which will make permanent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) waivers that allow for all Medicare-eligible healthcare providers to furnish telehealth services to patients.
Washington, D.C. - Next week, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) will host a 'Conversations With Your Congresswoman' event to share updates from Washington, give information on ways her office can help constituents with federal agency-related issues, and answer questions from attendees.
Constituents are encouraged to RSVP by email:
TN01.RSVP@mail.house.gov
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger has announced a "Conversations with your Congresswoman" event on June 16th at 10:00 a.m. at Heritage Hall in Mountain City. Congresswoman Harshbarger regularly host these events to share a legislative update on my work and recent votes in Washington. They also provide an opportunity for me to answer questions and hear your views and federal priorities.
'Conversations with your Congresswoman'
Friday, June 16th
Washington, D.C - Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger released the following statement on the debt ceiling legislation being considered by the House of Representatives, the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
"I am voting NO on passing down trillions more in debt to our children and grandchildren while giving Democrats a blank check to pay for their radical agenda, including the weaponization of federal agencies," said Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. "It's time to get our fiscal house in order and rein in wasteful spending."
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Many families gathered at the Kingsport Veterans Memorial Park on Monday to honor and remember those who died serving their country.
Veterans from different wars were in attendance to pay tribute to their fallen comrades. One participant was Korean War Veteran, Arlen Hensley.
“I had, three of my lieutenants were killed and one severely wounded,” said Hensley. “And plus, others that got killed too, because of war. I was a radioman. So, I was with the lieutenants all the time.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger’s Medicare transparency bill H. R. 3282, the Promoting Transparency and Healthy Competition in Medicare Act, advanced out of the Energy and Commerce Committee as a component of the PATIENT Act.
What is a woman? And what does it matter? It is becoming increasingly difficult to talk about women’s rights, or even basic biological reality, in a common language.
While most Americans understand that a "woman" is an adult human female, radical gender ideologues want to redefine womanhood as a subjective state unrelated to biological sex. This redefinition of once-assumed basic facts has serious consequences for equal opportunity, privacy, safety and freedom of expression.