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June 17, 2013
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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 info...
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June 14, 2013
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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 biparti...
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June 14, 2013
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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 ...
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June 13, 2013
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House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on the recently released 2013 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. T...
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June 6, 2013
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Then Then-Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) sold the Democrats’ health care law on the promise that “it’s all about jobs” and followed up saying, “The healthcare bill was part of a jobs bill…. Healthcare jobs are the fastest growing element of jobs in our country.” Now Today, a new report from Challenger, Gray...
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May 30, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Many people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama's health care law. They, and some small businesses, will have to find replacemen...
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May 16, 2013
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I rise today in support of H.R. 45, legislation to repeal ObamaCare. In March 2010, then-Speaker Pelosi famously said, with respect to the President’s health care law, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it.” Well, Washington Democrats passed that bill, and virtually every w...
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May 14, 2013
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House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold its first in a series of hearings to explore the bipartisan proposals, including those contained in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget to reform Med...
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May 13, 2013
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Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and all Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding reports the Secretary solicited donations from outside groups to promote and s...
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May 7, 2013
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I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on addressing the broken Sustainable Growth Rate formula by which the federal government reimburses our local doctors for treating Medicare patients. While this is our third hearing, SGR has also been a focal point at the first two. The first hearing was...
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