Dec 10, 2013-- Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the announcement by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministers that they made significant progress in the Singapore Round and will continue their work in January. “The headway achieved so far on TPP is positive, but more work remains. There are long-standing issues that need to... more
Dec 6, 2013-- Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released its unemployment report for November 2013. “While this is a statistical improvement, it is a sad commentary on our economy that a seven percent unemployment rate is looked at as good news. For families in Michigan, it simply isn’t good enough. Washington ... more
Dec 6, 2013-- Unresolved technical problems on HealthCare.gov could lead to a rude surprise at the doctor's office next month for patients who think they successfully used the website to sign up for health insurance. They may find they're not insured after all. HealthCare.gov, the federal online portal for health-insurance shopping in more than 30 states, has improved after more than a month of intense fixes, ... more
Dec 5, 2013-- Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding the Committee’s work towards a permanent physician payment fix, also known as the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR). “SGR is an important issue for physicians and seniors alike who, for over a decade, have been hamstrung by short-term patches instead of the certainty of a permanen... more
Dec 4, 2013-- Another day, another change by the White House to “fix” their controversial health care law. Today, families and patients abandoned by the new law learned the Obama Administration has launched a new and improved marketing campaign for the troubled law. It is a strange use of resources given that the problems are with the policy, not the politics, and what’s needed are real solutions, not more spin... more
Dec 4, 2013-- ObamaCare has failed to achieve the basic promises and principles used to sell the law to American families and job creators. Americans deserve access to quality, affordable health care, but this law is failing to deliver. more
Dec 4, 2013-- Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding reports that healthcare.gov enrolled 29,000 Americans in coverage the first two days of December. “When it comes to the website, the important number is not how many visitors healthcare.gov is getting per day, but how many Americans can actually enroll – end to end – in a health insura... more
