Nearly all of the remaining provisions of the new health care law go into effect next January, including one that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to pay for their health care or pay a penalty. Some businesses may already be making personnel changes to save money when that provision of the Affordable Care Act kicks in. One option on the table: shifting full-time… Read more

Claim Americans "are experiencing the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, even if they don't know it." President Obama, 4/30/13 Reality The American people are well aware of the “benefits” of ObamaCare – less work, lower wages and fewer benefits. Facts 71 percent of small businesses cite the health care law as a major obstacle to job creation. The… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing examining options for repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and reforming the Medicare physician payment system to reward quality and value.  Determining the details of such a system requires close collaboration with physicians and… Read more

Good morning.  We are meeting today to consider H.R. 807, the “Full Faith and Credit Act,” introduced by Congressman McClintock earlier this year.  I will be offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute to ensure that the United States never defaults on a debt payment. In February of this year, the President signed into law H.R. 325, the “No Budget, No Pay Act,”… Read more

As our economy continues to struggle, ObamaCare is resulting in an alarming trend of both fewer jobs and shifting workers from full-time to part-time.  That number is about to climb even higher as the employer mandate in the Democrats’ health care law takes effect.  Beginning in 2014, any employer with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees will be mandated to either… Read more

A labor union representing roofers is reversing course and calling for repeal of the federal health law, citing concerns the law will raise its cost for insuring members.   Organized labor was instrumental in getting the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, but more recently has voiced concerns that the law could lead members to lose their existing health plans. The United Union of… Read more

Secretary Sebelius, thank you for joining us today for a discussion of the President’s 2014 Budget.   One of the top priorities for this Committee is to act now to save Medicare so that every generation of seniors can count on it.  So, I welcome the inclusion of some conceptual reforms to Medicare – including recognizing the urgent need for a permanent… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the President’s FY2014 Budget. “Our country faces great challenges, and meeting those challenges requires that we work together.  I welcome the President’s inclusion of reforms to Medicare and Social Security.  With more than 10,000 Baby Boomers… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee will convene a series of hearings on entitlement reforms to protect and preserve Medicare and Social Security that have been identified by the President – either in his budget or in other recommendations to Congress – as well as bipartisan ideas for entitlement reform from… Read more

  WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee today outlined additional details of a proposal to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program.  On February 7, the committees outlined a framework to reform the… Read more