The Roundtable hosted a Congressional Breakfast & Washington Outreach Day on Tuesday, March 8th in Washington, DC. During the breakfast, the Roundtable was joined by a panel of senior Congressional staffers from the Senate Finance Committee, the House Labor & Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee and the office of the Majority Whip, who briefed participants on the current health care policy landscape and provided a preview of the new Republican majority's health care agenda for the next two years.
Participants then had the opportunity to engage with key Member offices and Committee staff in both the House and Senate to help raise the profile of critical care medicine on Capitol Hill and garner support for the Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2011. The meetings were a tremendous success, and the Roundtable is pleased to announce that as a result of one of these meetings, Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) signed on that same day as an original cosponsor to the legislation.
Roundtable participants with Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) at the Roundtable’s Congressional Breakfast & Washington Outreach Day. As a result of the March 8th meeting, Congressman Lance signed on as an original co-sponsor of the Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act.
