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Obama Administration officials have repeatedly emphasized the need to “bend the curve” of health-care costs. Reducing increases in health spending,…
Read More (Bending the Curve – The Wrong Way)Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding time. I want to thank you for holding this hearing. When the Ways and…
Read More (Boustany Statement: Hearing on the Administration of the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit)The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday wrote that , “Total national health expenditures under [H.R. 3200]…
Read More (Obama Administration’s Analysis Shows House Democrats’ Bill Will Increase Health Care Spending)The table below compares the White House’s February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the…
Read More (7 Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs)Washington, DC – In light of the economic forum House Democrats are holding today and based on new statistics released…
Read More (49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs Since Stimulus Enacted)Additional Findings Will Especially Alarm Seniors and Patients Worried About Access to Health Care Washington, DC – In another…
Read More (Democrats’ Health Care Bill Bends the Curve UPWARD!)At the request of House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), the Office of the Actuary (OACT)…
Read More (Obama Administration’s Analysis of the Democrats’ Health Bill Raises Serious Concerns)Washington, DC – Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today questioned AARP’s unequivocal endorsement of legislation…
Read More (Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Herger Questions AARP’s Policy Reversal)Last week the Obama Administration offered its first peek into where 2009 stimulus funds have been awarded, by state or…
Read More (Stimulus for D.C., but Not for Thee!)After nearly a month of requests from Ways and Means Republicans to remove the misguided gag order placed on Medicare plans…
Read More (Republicans Score Victory for Nation’s Seniors)