COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Press Release

Ways and Means, Senate Finance Leaders Call For Stakeholder Input on Post-Acute Care

Jun 19, 2013-- Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Senate Finance Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) joined together today to call for ideas on how to improve care for Medicare patients. In a letter to key stakeholders, the Chairmen and Ranking Members ask for ideas on how to strengthen post-a... more

Opening Statements

Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on More Spending, Less Real Help: Reviewing How Today's Fragmented Welfare System Has Failed to Lift Up Poor Families

Jun 18, 2013-- Welcome to today’s hearing. Today is the first hearing in a series on what government does to help low-income families get ahead, whether that is effective, and how that can be made to work better. Today we will start with a review of our current system and how much we spend, but more importantly whether that spending is effective in encouraging work and higher earnings by low-income individuals. ... more

The Jobs Search

Despite Administration’s Promises, Still No Raises for American Workers

Jun 18, 2013-- “A well designed recovery plan will not only create numerous jobs, but also many jobs paying good wages and providing full-time employment.” - Obama Administration’s “Romer Bernstein Report” on their trillion-dollar economic stimulus plan (officially titled “The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan”), January 2009. Now "Real average hourly earnings fell 0.2 percent in May, se... more

Press Release

Camp, Nunes Statements on Launch of U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Negotiations

Jun 17, 2013-- Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) issued the following statements after the President announced the launch of negotiations for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union. Chairman Camp: "I am a strong supporter of a comprehensive and ambitious trade and investment agreement with the EU and... more

In Case You Missed It...

Obamacare will share personal health info with federal, state agencies

Jun 17, 2013-- A new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. Personal health information, or PHI, is highly protected under federal law, but the latest ruling from the Department of... more

Opening Statements

Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Proposals to Reform Medicare Post-Acute Care Payments

Jun 14, 2013-- I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on bipartisan proposals, including those in the President’s budget, to reform how Medicare pays for care after patients are hospitalized. This is the fifth hearing for our subcommittee this Congress and the fourth hearing in a series focusing on bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare and Social Security. I am proud to say that today’s effort is truly... more

The Prescription Pad

Confirmed: ObamaCare Increases the Cost of Doing Business

Jun 14, 2013-- A new survey of 900 employers released from Mercer concludes that ObamaCare is increasing costs for both business and employees. According to Mercer, “The survey found that employers have upped their estimates of the cost impact of the ACA.” Additionally, the survey reveals the Obama Administration has done such a poor job educating businesses on the impact and requirements of the law, that with j... more