The Biden Administration has announced the first 10 medications under its new Medicare price-setting plan for prescription drugs that was established by the Democrats’ so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.” This new regime to impose price-controls set by Washington bureaucrats is an unworkable, ...
On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing examining policies that inhibit medical innovation and reduce patient access to new therapies. The Subcommittee discussed the Biden Administration’s decisions to limit access to new and innovative treatments for patients through ...
As prepared for delivery. "Chairman Buchanan, Ranking Member Doggett – thank you for the opportunity to share a few thoughts on how current White House policies are threatening medical innovation and patient access to care. "Across America, millions of patients are anxiously hoping for new breakthrough cures and devices that will improve their quality of life, or even ...
WASHINGTON, DC —Patients, caregivers, and practitioners will soon see fewer cures should the Biden Administration move forward with implementing its drug price-setting guidance, write House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (MO-08), House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of ...
Washington, D.C. – House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) pointed to the negative impacts of Democrats’ reckless spending in a statement about the 2023 Medicare & Social Security Trustees Reports: “Thanks to President Biden’s economic failures, seniors’ hard-earned benefits are further under threat. Social Security’s combined ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation rising 6.0 percent from the previous year -- matching a pre-pandemic high of 30 years -- with prices having risen 14.8 percent since the President took the oath ...
WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden’s budget puts patients and cures last while expanding Washington command and control over America’s health care economy. This budget ignores looming cuts to Medicare, doubles down on Democrats’ harmful cures-limiting plans, expands government-controlled health care, imposes hundreds of billions in new taxes on ...
WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 budget that raises taxes on small businesses, ignores imminent Medicare cuts, and hands even more money to the IRS:
Washington, D.C. — In anticipation of President Biden’s forthcoming plan to expand government price controls that kill cures, increase taxes, and relies on gimmicks for funding, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statements: “President Biden is ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Medicare coverage for novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will continue to be restricted by the Biden Administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency announced this week, despite numerous bipartisan requests to reconsider. Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and ...