This week, the Business Roundtable (BRT) and The Business Council, representing American companies with more than 12 million employees and comprising nearly a third of the total value of the U.S. stock markets, issued a dire warning to the White House Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag about the consequences of the Democrats’ health law.  According to these key… Read more

Today, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) echoed the concerns previously stated by the Obama Administration’s own Medicare actuaries that the high-risk pools created in the Democrats’ health care overhaul will be vastly underfunded and help very few Americans with pre-existing health conditions. Specifically, CBO stated the high-risk pool “subsidies would not be… Read more

The promises made about health reform suffered two more hits this week as more and more troubling truths about the impact the Democrats’ recently enacted health care overhaul will have on the American people were revealed – health care costs are continuing to skyrocket and more than half of all Americans with employer-provided health insurance could lose their current health… Read more

The New York Times is reporting that beginning tomorrow, President Obama will embark on a “public relations offensive” hoping to convince a skeptical American electorate that the Democrats’ health care overhaul is good for them.  First up, “a nationally televised question-and-answer session” with seniors to highlight the one-time, $250 rebate check that relatively few seniors will receive… Read more

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that seniors will soon be receiving a health care information brochure that looks more like taxpayer-funded propaganda.  Recognizing that the vast majority of Americans, especially seniors, are opposed to their health overhaul, the Obama Administration has unleashed a public relations campaign aimed at Medicare… Read more

Click Here to See How to Navigate Through the Small Business Tax Credit Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Republican Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today released a new flow chart that shows America’s small businesses and their employees how to calculate the so-called small business health care tax credit the Democrats included in their… Read more

A new survey released today by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) shows that, in 2009, 2 million more Americans enrolled in High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) with accompanying Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).  As a result, total enrollment in these plans has increased from the previously reported 8 million Americans to 10 million Americans.  Unfortunately, these 10 million… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today released the following statement on the announcement that the nation’s leading small business organization, NFIB, is joining 20 state attorneys general in seeking to invalidate the recently enacted health care law. “This is confirmation for every person worried about their job or looking for work, that the health… Read more

Today, the American Osteopathic Association released survey results that found Medicare physician payment rate cuts will likely threaten seniors’ ability to find a doctor, corroborating the Medicare Actuaries report that drew the same conclusions. The cuts, scheduled to go into effect June 1, 2010, would reduce physician Medicare payment rates by 21 percent.  The survey found that 37… Read more

Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest analysis of the Democrats’ health overhaul, focusing on spending they had not previously quantified.  The higher spending reflects increased administrative costs to the federal government for implementing and monitoring the new health law as well as a variety of new government grant programs.  All told, CBO… Read more