Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued a subpoena to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide all data the agency has on enrollment in the Exchanges. The subpoena, which is the second Camp has issued as Chairman, comes after CMS refused to provide enrollment data for the ObamaCare Exchanges. The data…
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Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner requesting that CMS make all information regarding enrollment in the ObamaCare Exchanges immediately available.
Yesterday, CBS News reported the Obama Administration has daily enrollment figures and notes…
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Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) released a discussion draft outline to permanently fix the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)…
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“That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”
– President Obama, speech to the American Medical Association, June 15, 2009 (as…
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Ways and Means Committee Members representing Americans from across the country are sharing their constituents’ ObamaCare stories and experiences of dropped coverage, increased costs and reduced hours. Below are just a few of the stories Americans are sharing with Ways and Means Members about how the law is affecting them.
INCREASED COSTS
Congressman Sam…
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Good Morning. I would like to welcome Marilyn Tavenner to the Committee today. I look forward to your testimony and to hearing an honest, straightforward assessment on the status of the health care law.
Six months ago, Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius told this Committee a dozen times that the Administration “will be ready October 1.” We now…
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Nearly five weeks into the launch of HealthCare.gov, the management expert brought in to turn around the website says its issues are fixable. But it's going to take weeks, not days. That comes as some Americans are being surprised, not only that they are…
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As millions of Americans struggle with the rollout of the Health Care Exchange, tens of millions more will soon be impacted by the law’s mandates, tax increases and user fees. And they may not even know it, yet.
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), beginning in 2014, numerous new provisions go into effect that mandate employers offer “qualified” health care…
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Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced it would delay the ObamaCare coverage requirement.
“This is just another day and another Administrative delay of a key part of the healthcare law. Sooner or later, the Administration needs to admit the law is unworkable – people don’t have…
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Natalie Willes is one of the millions of Americans who already have private health insurance but whose policies do not comply with the Affordable Care Act. Many of these people can't get past the sticker shock of the new plans they'll have to…
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