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March 5, 2013
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Three years ago this month, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. For individuals, families, and small businesses struggling to pay for health care, this milestone is no cause for celebration. Today we wil...
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March 5, 2013
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Last week, the Obama Administration took then-Speaker Pelosi’s line, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" one step further by making clear the American people still won’t know what’s in ObamaCare until all the regulations are released. Buried on page 308 of the “HHS Not...
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March 4, 2013
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Tomorrow, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight will examine the tax provisions contained in ObamaCare. Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirm that the Democrats’ health law is a trillion-dollar tax hike that families and employer...
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February 28, 2013
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Washington, DC – In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R...
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February 27, 2013
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February 26, 2013
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Welcome to the first hearing of the Health Subcommittee for the 113th Congress. Today we will review the outdated and confusing benefit design of the traditional Medicare program, the structure of which is essentially unchanged from its inception in 1965. It maintains separate programs and benefits ...
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February 22, 2013
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The Wall Street Journal reported today that families depending on “spousal coverage” from their employer could very well be among the first groups to fall victim to President Obama’s oft-repeated and broken promise that “if you like the coverage you have you can keep it.” The newspaper reported tha...
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February 19, 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 to review the current benefit design of the Medicare Fee-For-Service program and consider ideas to update and improve the benefit structure to better meet the need...
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February 15, 2013
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Washington, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Republican members of the subcommittees for the 113th Congress. The announcement comes a day after the Republican Steering Committee named the Committee’s final Republican Member, Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH)....
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February 12, 2013
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Despite spending more than $2 trillion on his health care overhaul, President Obama has failed to deliver on his promise to reduce the cost of health care. So, while the President may give ObamaCare a glowing review in his State of the Union address, the American people who have to pay for and live...
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