Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that fellow Committee member Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) will not seek reelection. “Jim Gerlach is a respected leader on the Ways and Means Committee and in the Congress.  He is a true professional dedicated to finding real solutions for his… Read more

A new Harvard study published in the journal Science finds that expanding public insurance coverage increases a patient’s use of emergency rooms – despite claims that such action would lower the incidents of these expensive visits.  Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who helped the Obama Administration put together the basic principles of the health care law, says the Harvard… Read more

For more than a decade, Congress has had to step in and prevent Medicare from cutting physician payments.  The time has come for the temporary patches and trend of uncertainty to end.  Now Congress must move a permanent repeal of the SGR physician payment formula, which will bring security to providers and the millions of seniors who rely on Medicare for their health care.… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding reports that 365,000 Americans selected a plan in the federal and state Exchanges in October and November. "The Administration set an enrollment target of 1.2 million by the end of the November, and today’s reports show they are continuing to miss critical benchmarks,… Read more

  Unresolved technical problems on HealthCare.gov could lead to a rude… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding the Committee’s work towards a permanent physician payment fix, also known as the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR). “SGR is an important issue for physicians and seniors alike who, for over a decade, have been hamstrung by short-term patches instead of the certainty… Read more

Another day, another change by the White House to “fix” their controversial health care law.  Today, families and patients abandoned by the new law learned the Obama Administration has launched a new and improved marketing campaign for the troubled law.   It is a strange use of resources given that the problems are with the policy, not the politics, and what’s needed are real… Read more

ObamaCare has failed to achieve the basic promises and principles used to sell the law to American families and job creators.  Americans deserve access to quality, affordable health care, but this law is failing to deliver. Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding reports that healthcare.gov enrolled 29,000 Americans in coverage the first two days of December.  “When it comes to the website, the important number is not how many visitors healthcare.gov is getting per day, but how many Americans can actually enroll – end to end – in… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on the status of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  This hearing will allow the Subcommittee to focus on the immediate and long-term challenges Americans face in finding affordable, quality health coverage as a result of the ACA.… Read more