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| https://kind.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-ron-kinds-statement-president-obamas-announcement-new-standards | Rep. Ron Kind's Statement on President Obama's Announcement of New Standards to Combat Opioid Abuse | 2015-10-21 | 2015 | 2015-10 | Democrat | House | WI | Ron Kind | K000188 | kind.house.gov | legacy | Rep. Ron Kind's Statement on President Obama's Announcement of New Standards to Combat Opioid Abuse Would help Combat the Opioid Over Prescriptions Seen at Tomah VA La Crosse, WI Today, President Barack Obama announcednew actions to stop abuse of prescription painkillers and help treat people fighting opioid addiction. Included as part of the actions is training for VA health care professionals on proper prescription protocols for opioid medications, which will help fix one of the biggest problems we saw at the Tomah VA Medical Center. Below is Rep. Kind's statement: I applaud President Obama taking actions to address proper pain management for our veterans. As we learned at the Tomah VA, over prescription and misuse of opioids has dangerous consequences. The first step in addressing the problem is making sure we better inform health care professionals about the risks associated with over prescribing, and this proposal helps with that important step. More needs to be done, so I will continue my work on the Veterans Pain Management Improvement Act, which establishes pain management oversight boards to help find alternative and complementary treatments to pain management. In May, Rep. Kind introduced the bipartisan Veterans Pain Management Improvement Act, which would establish a pain management oversight board within each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) comprised of health care professionals and clinical patients and/or family members of a clinical patient. Recently, he joined Rep. Ribble to introduce the Veterans Access to Care Act, which would fix recruitment problems the VA is having in Tomah, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, and other parts of the state. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |