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Washington, DC – Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Agency was backing away from…
Read More (CMS Repeals Misguided Gag Order on Medicare Plans)Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the announcement by the…
Read More (Camp Statement on Announcement of No Social Security COLA)Washington, DC – Ways and Means Democrats today shut down the committee process, blocking Republicans from offering amendments to H.R….
Read More (House Democrats Take Health Care Debate Behind Closed Doors)Washington, DC – Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, today challenged the…
Read More (Herger Challenges Administration Explanation for Halting Free Speech in Health Care Debate)Healthcare reform is dividing the membership of the AARP more than any other issue ever has. Despite expending vast resources,…
Read More (AARP: Healthcare Reform Has Become Most Divisive Issue in Group’s History)Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I’m not referring to the headlines that…
Read More (‘Conceptual Language’ Hides Health Care’s Costs)Exchange at the October 8, 2009 Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing on the Effectiveness of Democrats’ 2009 Stimulus Law QUESTION:…
Read More (Setting the Record Straight)Washington, DC – Following today’s announcement by the Congressional Budget Office that substantive medical liability lawsuit reform would reduce health care spending…
Read More (CBO Data Boosts Republican Push to Include Lawsuit Reform in Health Care Legislation)Webster’s dictionary defines a safety net as “something that provides security against misfortune or difficulty.” That’s a broad definition, and safety nets…
Read More (Linder Opening Statement: Hearing to Evaluate the Response of “Safety Net” Programs)Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Representatives Charles Boustany (R-LA), David Dreier (R-CA), Wally Herger (R-CA) and…
Read More (Senior Republicans Hold Roundtable; Point to Job Loss Created by Careless Buy American Expansion)