Over the weekend, Minority Leader Pelosi (D-CA) made the false claim that there is not a single area where Congress can find savings to reduce the deficit, "Because the cupboard is bare. There's no more cuts to make," Pelosi said on CNN's "State of the Union."   She added, "It's really important that people understand that.” Really?  Not a single area of spending… Read more

THEN “We will be open for business October 1.” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, April 12, 2013. NOW “Less than two weeks before the launch of insurance marketplaces created by the federal health overhaul, the government's software can't reliably determine how much people need to pay for coverage,… Read more

The next victim of the President’s broken promise, “if you like your plan you can keep it”?  Your local grocery store.   One by one, America’s grocers, union and non-union alike, are issuing a recall on ObamaCare. The recent announcement by Trader Joe’s that it would drop health coverage for its part-time workers… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act.  The legislation would prohibit federal subsidies for the ObamaCare Exchange from being provided until the independent HHS Inspector General verifies applicants are eligible for the… Read more

Washington, DC – In response to reports that the Obama Administration is considering new regulations to give unions’ multi-employer health plans a special ObamaCare deal that other Americans wouldn’t be eligible for, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew… Read more

Washington, DC – Amid news reports the Administration is crafting new regulations to appease union critics of the health care law, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today requested the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate the taxpayer cost of… Read more

Washington, DC –  Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today released the first paper in a series examining the flaws in the existing Medicare program and outlining… Read more

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/28/us-usa-healthcare-obamacare-idUSBRE97R04X20130828 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has delayed a step crucial to the launch of the new healthcare law, the signing of final agreements with insurance plans to be sold on federal health insurance exchanges starting October 1. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)… Read more

Delta Airlines recently delivered some chilling news to its employees, informing them that as a result of ObamaCare,"the cost of providing health care to our employees will increase by nearly $100,000,000 next year."  Unfortunately, this is just another example in the growing number of reports of Americans losing the health plan they have and like, increased health care costs, and… Read more

Earlier in the year, the Wall Street Journal reported on ObamaCare forcing employers to drop spousal coverage in their employer-sponsored plans – breaking President Obama’s oft-repeated promise that, “if you like your plan, you can keep it.” Recent media reports show the trend of spouses losing their current health insurance continues to grow: In a memo to… Read more