The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), this week held a roundtable discussion focused on how policymakers can work to remove unnecessary burdens in the Medicare program. The goal of these roundtables is to help foster a health care system centered on offering patients quality and affordable value-based care focused on their needs, not Washington’s ...
NOTE: "...many middle-income households could have an easier time filing their returns because of the nearly doubled standard deduction. Just 18 million filers will itemize their deductions for their 2018 taxes, down from 46.5 million in 2017, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. Many who take the standard deduction still seek tax-preparation ...
The Hill
Fighting back against the opioid crisis
By Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX)
June 13, 2018
Who hasn't been touched by the opioid crisis in America? This swift and devastating epidemic has impacted ...
Here’s the news: When Republicans reformed our nation’s tax code last December, the new law strengthened and created multiple ...
Two years ago this week, (pictured below) House Republicans released their plan to expand opportunity for America’s low-income families and reduce poverty in our country. As part of the Better Way agenda—that included passing historic tax reform last year— this plan focused on ...
The Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), held a hearing entitled “Examining Social Security’s Solvency Challenge: The Status of Social Security’s Trust Funds.”
This hearing followed the release ...
This week, the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing on lowering costs and expanding access to health care through consumer-directed health ...
Washington Examiner
$3 billion payoff: 101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts
Wall Street Journal
The GOP’s Welfare to Work Pitch
By WSJ Editorial Board
June 5, 2018
The low U.S. labor force participation rate has several causes, but a major one is the disincentive to work created by government programs. The Republican Party’s growth wing ...
Here’s the news: The jobs ...
