Rep. Van Duyne, Chairman Smith Announce Field Hearing on Access to Health Care in America: Ensuring Resilient Emergency Medical Care

House Committee on Ways and Means Member Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) and Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) are excited to announce that the Committee will hold a field hearing titled "Access to Health Care in America: Ensuring Resilient Emergency Medical Care." The hearing will take place at 2:00 PM CT on Monday, March 18, 2024, at Global Medical Response in Denton, Texas. Members will hear from a panel about improving the quality and availably of health care in rural and underserved areas.

WHAT: Field hearing on Access to Health Care in America: Ensuring Resilient Emergency Medical Care
DATE: Monday, March 18, 2024
TIME: 2:00 PM CT
WHERE: Global Medical Response in Denton, Texas
PRESS RSVP: Due to limited seating capacity, press who wish to attend in-person should RSVP to JP Freire, Tim Foster, and Dylan Chandler.

How to Watch the Hearing:
Members of the press who wish to attend in-person should RSVP with the Committee staff listed above. Those who are unable to attend in-person can access a livestream on the Ways and Means Committee YouTube channel. NOTE: The livestream will not be available until the hearing starts.

About the Hearing:

• Ways and Means Committee members are listening to Americans affected by structural and geographic barriers to timely emergency care.
• Many Americans in underserved and rural areas lack sufficient access to care and pay excessive premiums for services they receive. 
• In the 118^th Congress, the Committee on Ways and Means has strengthened lifelines for rural communities and protected Americans from surprise medical bills regardless of where they live through the No Surprises Act.
• Members will explore models of care delivery, like community paramedicine, to ensure existing models are improving care for underserved communities.