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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA – During visits to three health care facilities in eastern North Carolina, members of the Ways and…
Read More (In North Carolina, Patients, Doctors, and Local Leaders Share Challenges of Accessing Health Care in Rural Communities)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans would have more opportunities to save for and afford health care costs under legislation approved today…
Read More (Ways and Means Committee Approves Legislation to Help Americans Save For and Better Afford Health Care Expenses)As prepared for delivery. “The Ways and Means Committee has been focused on lowering the cost of health care and…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Markup of the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act and the HSA Modernization Act)WASHINGTON – Patients are losing access to care and their health insurance covers fewer doctors, while medical providers are struggling…
Read More (Top Five Moments from Ways and Means Hearing on Flawed Implementation of the No Surprises Act)As prepared for delivery. “Three years ago, Congress passed the bipartisan No Surprises Act to end surprise medical bills for…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing on Reduced Care for Patients: Fallout from Flawed Implementation of Surprise Medical Billing Protections)SOUTHEAST MISSOURI – On a tour of health care facilities throughout southeast Missouri, doctors, hospitals, health care workers, and local…
Read More (Chairman Smith Seeks Solutions for Rural America’s Health Care Crisis During Community Roundtables in Missouri)WASHINGTON — New bipartisan legislation to increase health care price transparency and lower overall costs for patients and employers was…
Read More (Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce Committees Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Costs and Increase Transparency for Patients and Employers )As part of the Committee’s work on expanding access to health care for more Americans, Ways and Means Committee Chairman…
Read More (Ways and Means Committee Seeks Broad Stakeholder Input on Addressing Chronic Disparities in Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Communities)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration released…
Read More (Biden Administration Mandates Threaten Already Troubled Health Care Access in Rural America)The Biden Administration has announced the first 10 medications under its new Medicare price-setting plan for prescription drugs that was…
Read More (Fact Sheet: Democrats’ Drug Price-Setting Scheme Dismantles Medicare’s Promise, Undermines Seniors’ Health)