Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3423, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2011.This is a bipartisan bill that would amend Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986 to allow for tax-free savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. Our tax code currently provides advantages to help Americans save for college and retirement, yet people with disabilities do not enjoy those same financial planning tools. These individuals and their f... Read more

Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) has sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Social Security Subcommittee requesting a hearing to examine the social impact of adopting the chained consumer price index (C-CPI) to calculate Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLA). While the proposal has been frequently floated by various deficit reduction committees and is rumored to be under consideration by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the chained CPI has undergone little scru... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3324, the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2011.This legislation that would give America’s youth the knowledge they need to make educated decisions about their health. The bill would expand comprehensive sex education programs in schools, while ensuring that federal funds are spent on effective, age-appropriate, medically accurate programs. Research has shown programs that combine information about abstinence and contraception ef... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 1063, the Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011. Medicare is entitled to repayment of medical bills resulting from auto accidents, third-party negligence, or workers compensation settlements under a statute called Medicare Secondary Payer. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fails to provide basic information to plaintiffs and defendants about medical bills, which is necessary to quickly settle a lawsu... Read more

POLITICO CLASS Act tackles problems of aging By: Rep. Ted Deutch The Obama administration’s decision to stop our first real attempt to solve America’s long-term care crisis, by suspending the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, was met with predictable jubilation by opponents of health care reform. Yet even as my Republican colleagues hail this as proof that the Affordable Care Act will not work, what they don’t realize is that it shows that the opposite is true. CLASS was inc... Read more

Today, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) testified on the recently suspended Community Living Assistances Services and Supports Act (CLASS) and the broader issue of America’s longterm care crisis in a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations. Congressman Deutch has been involved in longterm care issues since serving in the Florida State Senate, where he led an effort to prevent elderly and disabled patients from losing their longterm care coverag... Read more

"Today’s vote on the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act underscores America’s overwhelming commitment to the fight against autism. Autism spectrum disorders affect more than 1.5 million Americans including one in every 110 children – including one in 70 boys. While this growing public health emergency has no known cause, the Combating Autism Act, passed in 2006, expanded our efforts against this disease through monitoring and epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control, medical research at... Read more

Tomorrow, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19) will hold a town hall meeting in Deerfield Beach that will also serve as his 250th event since taking office in April of 2010. To mark his 250th event, today Congressman Ted Deutch is unveiling a new, browsable map for constituents that charts his travels throughout South Florida, from visits to community groups and tours of local businesses to roundtables and town hall meetings. Constituents can visit Deutch.House.Gov/Map/ to browse the map of events. Event Det... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has cosponsored H.R. 466, the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act. Since 1998, the U.S. Postal Service has sold over 903 million “semi-postal” breast cancer stamps – raising $72 million for breast cancer research. The public awareness generated from this stamp has helped not only educate our communities, but has empowered survivors and their families. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 2.5 million women in the United States are living with bre... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 733, the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. This year, it is estimated that 44,030 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and 37,660 will die from the disease. Federal support for cures against cancer make a difference. This year, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1971 National Cancer Act. Since its enactment, overall cance... Read more