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    Western Governors recommend adjustments to Medicare reimbursement policies ...

    Published on April 11, 2024
    In correspondence with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Weste...
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    Western Governors recommend adjustments to Medicare reimbursement policies ...

    Published on April 11, 2024

    WGA urges Congress to support state efforts for curbing the supply of illeg...

    Published on January 18, 2024
    In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) highlighted strategies to stem the supply of...
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    Healthcare

    WGA urges Congress to support state efforts for curbing the supply of illeg...

    Published on January 18, 2024

    WGA submits policy recommendations to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committ...

    Published on January 12, 2024
    In correspondence with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) shared policy recommendations to improve health care serv...
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    WGA submits policy recommendations to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committ...

    Published on January 12, 2024

    WGA emphasizes need for more flexibility and inclusivity in federal disaste...

    Published on November 30, 2023
    In correspondence with the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) emphasized the Governors...
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    Healthcare

    WGA emphasizes need for more flexibility and inclusivity in federal disaste...

    Published on November 30, 2023

    WGA calls for increased collaboration to improve public safety on public la...

    Published on November 15, 2023
    In correspondence with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) outlined several strategies to im...
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    Healthcare

    WGA calls for increased collaboration to improve public safety on public la...

    Published on November 15, 2023

    WGA calls on Congress to increase the awareness of VA benefits, provide pro...

    Published on October 23, 2023
    In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association called on Congress to ensure that...
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    Healthcare

    WGA calls on Congress to increase the awareness of VA benefits, provide pro...

    Published on October 23, 2023

    WGA calls on Congress to improve mental health care for veterans

    Published on September 25, 2023
    The Western Governors’ Association submitted policy recommendations to the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, urging Congress to integrate peer support and beh...
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    Healthcare

    WGA calls on Congress to improve mental health care for veterans

    Published on September 25, 2023

    Western Governors support the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendment...

    Published on September 05, 2023
    The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) wrote to the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary to express their bipartisan support for the Radiation Exposure Compens...
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    Western Governors support the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendment...

    Published on September 05, 2023

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2024 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on March 16, 2023
    The Western Governors’ Association is submitting testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2024 appropriations and activities. Th...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2024 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on March 16, 2023

    Western Governors urge Congress to permanently expand telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022
    In a letter to Congress, Western Governors urged lawmakers to expand telehealth services by establishing permanent regulatory and statutory changes based on temporary waivers ...
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    Connectivity

    Western Governors urge Congress to permanently expand telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022

    Western Governors urge HHS to establish permanent telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022
    In a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Western Governors highlighted what western states have been doing to advance mutual health care priorities, es...
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    Connectivity

    Western Governors urge HHS to establish permanent telehealth services

    Published on June 30, 2022

    WGA provides information to Department of Health and Human Services regardi...

    Published on May 19, 2022
    On May 19, 2022, in correspondence with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Western Governors’ Association Executive Director Jim Ogsbury, highlighted ...
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    Healthcare

    WGA provides information to Department of Health and Human Services regardi...

    Published on May 19, 2022

    WGA provides Senate Ag Committee recommendations for improving health care ...

    Published on March 23, 2022
    Western Governors highlighted health care challenges facing the rural West and strategies to effectively address these issues in testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on...
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    Healthcare

    WGA provides Senate Ag Committee recommendations for improving health care ...

    Published on March 23, 2022

    WGA call on the House to fund land management projects in partnership with ...

    Published on March 10, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association submitted testimony to the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies relating ...
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    Economic Development

    WGA call on the House to fund land management projects in partnership with ...

    Published on March 10, 2022

    Western Governors voice support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

    Published on March 10, 2022
    Western Governors provided comments to the House of Representatives in support of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021, which offers compensati...
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    Healthcare

    Western Governors voice support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

    Published on March 10, 2022

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