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Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
Specialty: Psychiatry
Active license: No
Age: 75
Elected: 1988
Medical degree: M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1963
Sponsored legislation: HR 1200 (repeals Medicare, Medicaid and health insurance provisions of the ACA, requires states to establish single-payer coverage); HR 1256 (directs HHS to identify “misvalued” physician services, extends tax exclusion for health benefits to domestic partners and same-sex spouses); HR 6400 (calls for scholarships for medical students who agree to work in areas with primary-care shortages)
Key healthcare votes
Yea: ACA, HR 3590 (2010); CHIP expansion, HR 2 (2009)
Nay: Repeal of ACA, HR2 (2011), HR 6079 (2012); repeal funding for health insurance exchanges, HR 1213 (2011); repeal prevention and public health fund, HR 1217 (2011); Medicare prescription drugs, HR 1 (2003) |
