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Luján has supported COVID-19 relief efforts such as the CARES Act, as well as legislation that would expand childcare options and protect consumers from scams relating to the pandemic.
Luján endorses Medicare for All proposals. He supported the ACA while in the house. He has also written legislation that would allow Americans to buy into Medicaid, and was the highest ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives to cosponsor Medicare for All.
Luján has voted to prohibit federal crackdowns on medical marijuana and has supported Veterans Affairs providers in states with medical marijuana programs to recommend it as a potential treatment. He is also a cosponsor for the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act, which would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act.
Luján believes that "mental health is physical health" and has worked to pass legislation in the House that would assist Americans struggling with addiction. Luján authored the Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act, allocating $1.1 billion to the Obama administration's proposals to address the opioid epidemic. He also supported the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2019 and the Maternal Opioid Treatment, Health, Education, and Recovery Act of 2018.
Luján cosponsored the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017, which would allow the Secretary of HHS to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. He has also voted to bring more generics to market to lower prescription drug costs.
Luján supported the Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, which provided resources to Veterans Affairs to hire additional medical personnel and reduce the backlog of patients.
Luján supports a woman's right to choose, receiving a 100% congressional ranking from NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the Human Rights Campaign.
Luján was the original sponsor of the CLINICAL TREATMENT Act (Covering Life-saving Investigations Needed in Cancer and Other Life-threatening Conditions through Timely use of Resources for Easy and Affordable Treatment from Medicaid for Enrollees in Need Today Act) which requires state Medicaid programs to cover routine patient costs for items and services that are provided in connection with a qualifying clinical trial regarding cancer or other life-threatening conditions. Luján received the American Society of Clinical Oncology Congressional Leadership Award in 2019. Luján has supported the expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Social Security 2100 Act to improve benefits for current and future generations. Luján was an original member of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic. Luján twice introduced The Prevent Interruptions In Physical Therapy Act to allow for physical therapists who are Medicare providers to bill Medicare for services provided by a temporary replacement therapist due to leave such as illness or pregnancy. Luján introduced the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act which establishes a federal grant program to increase access to health care services and enhance health care workforce capacity in rural and underserved areas through telementoring technology. He introduced the bipartisan Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act of 2019 to increase researchers’ capacity to develop and test solutions to improve diagnostic quality and safety. It also establishes an HHS Interagency Council to identify and coordinate health care research related to reducing diagnostic errors. Finally, it adds diagnosis as new category to the federal database that formally tracks health research funding. He also introduced several bills related to Native American health and the Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2019."
