In a move to curb opioid abuse among veterans, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing on Congressman Neal Dunn’s, M.D. (FL-02) legislation, the Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act. This important legislation directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to have healthcare providers share prescribing data across a national network of interstate prescription… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a win for veterans across the country, the House passed Congressman Neal Dunn’s (FL-02) legislation to expand veterans’ access to organ transplants. Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Neal Dunn’s (FL-02) bill to expand organ transplant care for veterans passed the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee today with bipartisan support. Read more »
From his perch on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., who served more than a decade as an Army surgeon, will get a chance to focus on his “Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act” this week. Dunn’s proposal would give veterans needing organ transplants more access, allowing those who… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, October 24th, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a legislative hearing on Congressman Neal Dunn’s (FL-02) legislation to improve veterans’ access to organ transplants. Read more »
Congressman Neal Dunn (R-Panama City) is back on old stomping grounds; this time to meet Panama City patients receiving dialysis for kidney treatment. Rep. Dunn visited the DaVita Dialysis Center to hear about access to better coordinated care with physicians on Tuesday morning. "They actually see these patients already three times a week. And what they're trying to do is put them in a… Read more »
For those on dialysis, the treatment is synonymous to life. Congressman Neal Dunn, also known as Dr. Dunn, is hoping to give these patients a better quality of life. "So these, the nephrologist, the physicians working here, they actually see these patients already three times a week," Dunn said, "and what they're trying to do is put them in a better position to become de facto, the… Read more »
The bill seeks to connect Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health providers to a national network of state-based prescription drug monitoring programs to help identify and prevent opioid abuse. As an opioid crisis continues to grip the nation, Rep. Neal Dunn has joined the battle to end the epidemic. Dunn, R-Panama City, on Sept. 26 filed the Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act, HR… Read more »
Today, Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) supported H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which will ban late term abortions after 20 weeks. A substantial body of medical evidence has found that an unborn baby can feel and respond to pain at 20 weeks of human development. “By passing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and banning late-term… Read more »
