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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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May 7, 2013
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Washington, DC – The House Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce Committees today released an updated version of the ObamaCare Burden Tracker (#ObamaCareBurden), which reveals the burden on employers and families has increased to almost 190 million hours. The Burden Tr...
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May 2, 2013
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Only an out-of-touch Washington bureaucracy would hold a press conference touting “simplification” for taking one form and changing it to three forms with multiple appendices. The reality remains that Americans will still face a long, confusing process just to determine if they are eligible for Oba...
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April 30, 2013
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Washington, DC - Last Friday, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), along with Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Congressmen Sam Johnson (R-TX), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) and Aaron Schock (R-IL), introduced legislation to provide that the only health pl...
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April 30, 2013
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Nearly all of the remaining provisions of the new health care law go into effect next January, including one that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to pay for their health care or pay a penalty. Some businesses may already be making personnel changes to save money when that pr...
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April 30, 2013
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Claim Americans "are experiencing the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, even if they don't know it." President Obama, 4/30/13 Reality The American people are well aware of the “benefits” of ObamaCare – less work, lower wages and fewer benefits. Facts 71 percent of small businesses cite the healt...
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April 30, 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 examining options for repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and reforming the Medicare physician payment system to reward quality and value. Determin...
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