By Damian Paletta WASHINGTON—The White House is strongly considering including limits on entitlement benefits in its fiscal 2014 budget—a proposal it first offered Republicans in December. The move would be aimed in part at keeping alive bipartisan talks on a major budget deal. Such a proposal could include steps that make many Democrats queasy, such as… Read more

The health-care law could prove to be a boon for temporary-staffing companies as employers outsource jobs to sidestep complex requirements for medical insurance. But some experts say the Affordable Care Act’s exceptions for temporary employees could undercut the goal of expanding coverage to more American workers. “That could lead to an increase in part-time workers” who lack… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the inclusion of a voter registration application form in HHS's application for federal Exchange subsidies under ObamaCare.   As if the insurance application process will not be complicated enough,… Read more

Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans. The projections, made in sessions with brokers and agents, provide some of the most concrete… Read more

After spending more than $2 trillion and raising more than $1 trillion in new taxes, the President and Congressional Democrats have been unable to deliver on the promises they made while promoting their health care law.  Three years later, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare’s "greatest hits," a record that includes tunes like… Read more

While the White House is celebrating the third anniversary of their health care law, the jobs of millions of American workers across the country are at risk because of ObamaCare.  According to a state-by-state breakdown of data from a Hudson Institute study, ObamaCare’s employer mandate jeopardizes the jobs of up to 3.2 million full-time employees in the franchise industry. … Read more

Jody Manor has run a small cafe and catering company for nearly three decades in Old Town Alexandria, only a few blocks from where he was born. Six years ago he purchased an adjoining building, and more recently he started searching for a second location. Whether he moves forward with expansion depends on the price tag of the requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act,… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner  Steven Miller to find out how much taxpayer money will be used to implement the Democrats' health care law and how many IRS employees have been pulled away from the agency's core mission to work on it.  The IRS… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) delivered a statement on the House floor in support of the GOP’s balanced budget.  "I rise in support of a federal budget that balances so we can strengthen our economy, create more jobs and allow American workers to start seeing an increase in their paychecks again. "I know we can do it. … Read more

I want to welcome everyone to the second hearing in the Subcommittee on Health for the 113th Congress.  Today we will be hearing from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on the recommendations in their March 2013 report on Medicare payment policies. We heard from MedPAC during our Medicare structural reform hearing two weeks ago.  It was insightful to hear the… Read more