It’s been one year since the Supreme Court ruled ObamaCare is the law of the land.  Now, Americans are faced with the untenable choice of either paying more in new taxes or more for their insurance premiums.  Time has revealed the facts about ObamaCare and the results aren’t good – increased costs, losing the health insurance you have and like, new taxes for families and… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following comment on the release of legislative framework from the Energy and Commerce Committee to permanently fix the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula.  For over two and a half years, Camp and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) have closely collaborated to reform the current… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) along with Republican Members of the Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concerns about the readiness and ability of… Read more

By John C. Goodman and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Even before the latest Medicare trustees report came out at the end of May, the White House spin masters had already crafted a story to go with it. Medicare's finances have improved, we're being told. The trust fund will last longer. The unfunded liability is lower. One of the reasons is said to be ObamaCare. The core of the new… Read more

  By Kimberley A. Strassel A bipartisan backlash is growing against another section of President Obama's health-care law. The president can blame this latest embarrassment on none other than Secretary of State John Kerry. Everyone remember the origins of the so-called Affordable Care Act? The Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, Gator-Aid, and other… Read more

We are meeting today to hear from the two public members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds on their 2013 report’s analysis regarding the current dire status of the Medicare program.   It’s important to understand the financial health and viability of the Medicare program if we are to ensure that the… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Senate Finance Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) joined together today to call for ideas on how to improve care for Medicare patients. In a letter to key stakeholders, the Chairmen and Ranking Members ask for ideas on how to… Read more

  A new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. Personal health information, or… Read more

I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on bipartisan proposals, including those in the President’s budget, to reform how Medicare pays for care after patients are hospitalized. This is the fifth hearing for our subcommittee this Congress and the fourth hearing in a series focusing on bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare and Social Security.  I am proud to say that… Read more

A new survey of 900 employers released from Mercer concludes that ObamaCare is increasing costs for both business and employees.  According to Mercer, “The survey found that employers have upped their estimates of the cost impact of the ACA.”  Additionally, the survey reveals the Obama Administration has done such a poor job educating businesses on the impact and requirements of… Read more