Hearing on MedPAC’s Annual March Report to Congress  ________________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application runs 15 pages for a three-person family. An outline of the online version has 21 steps, some with additional questions. Seven months before the Oct. 1 start of enrollment season for millions of uninsured… Read more

Then:   "It's about jobs. In its life, it [ObamaCare] will create 4 million jobs -- 400,000 jobs almost immediately."   (Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Administration’s “Health Summit” on February 25, 2010)   Now :   “I’ve got a news flash for you.  The Affordable Care Act is not a jobs program.”   (Jared Bernstein, former chief economist for… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual March Report to the Congress which details the Commission’s recommendations for updating Medicare payment policies.  The Subcommittee will hear from MedPAC’s Chairman, Glenn… Read more

Three years ago this month, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. For individuals, families, and small businesses struggling to pay for health care, this milestone is no cause for celebration.  Today we will examine the impact of the key tax provisions of that law. The President’s… Read more

Last week, the Obama Administration took then-Speaker Pelosi’s line, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" one step further by making clear the American people still won’t know what’s in ObamaCare until all the regulations are released.  Buried on page 308 of the “HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014” is a new “user fee” that will be… Read more

Tomorrow, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight will examine the tax provisions contained in ObamaCare.  Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirm that the Democrats’ health law is a trillion-dollar tax hike that families and employers simply cannot afford.  Additionally, the Administration’s own documents state… Read more

Washington, DC – In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) outlined their concerns with how cuts of more than $300 billion to the Medicare… Read more

Hearing on Waiving Work Requirements in the TANF Program _____________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

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