WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kim Schrier (D-Wash), and Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) announced their reintroduction of the Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act - bipartisan, bicameral legislation to address the alarming rate of medical diagnostic error in our country. The lawmakers' legislation aims to prevent and mitigate the devastating impacts these errors can have, including misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, permanent disability, and death. Recent research published in March 2025 estimates that across health care settings, over 900,...