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Ben Cline says NO !

So what does Ben Cline stand for ? Let's compile everything we know about Ben Cline so far and you can decide: Ben Cline voted NO against supporting women and their health care Ben Cline voted NO to l owering the cost of insulin and all medications Ben Cline voted against helping babies with birth defects and sides with insurance companies Ben Cline voted NO against the Right to Contraception Act   Ben Cline voted to support domestic terrorists Ben Cline voted No against the Family Violence and Prevention Act and against funding emergency shelters and related assistance for victims of domestic violence. Ben Cline voted NO to the Protecting Our Kids Act Ben Cline voted NO to the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act Rep. Ben Cline voted NO to protecting marriage for same-sex and interracial couples .   Ben Cline voted NO against the Violence against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 .  Strike three votes against women – Cline you’re OUT ! Ben Cline voted NO aga...

Ben Cline votes against helping babies with birth defects and sides with insurance companies

  Ben Cline votes against helping babies with birth defects and sides with insurance companies On April 4 2022 Virginia 6th Congressional District Republican Representative Ben Cline voted NO against passing the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act.  This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and items.  This would include congenital defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate.   The CDC says that “children with a cleft lip with or without a cleft palate or a cleft palate alone often have problems with feeding and speaking clearly and can have ear infections. They also might have hearing problems and problems with their teeth.” You can read more about these birth defects at https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/cleftlip.html You can read the actual bill at https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1916/text Early corrective action for these pr...

Ben Cline votes NO to supporting Health Department infrastructure

  Ben Cline votes NO to supporting Health Department infrastructure In my 25 years as a Nurse Practitioner in Virginia I have relied heavily on the Virginia Department of Health (including local offices) and the CDC to help me protect my patients from deadly diseases such as measles, tuberculosis, meningitis, pneumonia, influenza and others including Covid-19.  Primary strategies for that protection include patient education and vaccinations.   On November 30 2021 Virginia 6th Congressional District Republican Representative Ben Cline voted NO against passing the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.   This bill expands CDC and public health department capabilities in the form of improving immunization information systems technology that help health care providers like me to protect children and families from some of these diseases through certain mandatory vaccines (Virginia mandates certain vaccines for children to enter school) and to pr...