Welcome to the first hearing of the Health Subcommittee for the 113th Congress.   Today we will review the outdated and confusing benefit design of the traditional Medicare program, the structure of which is essentially unchanged from its inception in 1965.  It maintains separate programs and benefits for hospital and physician services, and doesn’t coordinate care between… Read more

Hearing on Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design ________________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

The Wall Street Journal reported today that families depending on “spousal coverage” from their employer could very well be among the first groups to fall victim to President Obama’s oft-repeated and broken promise that “if you like the coverage you have you can keep it.” The newspaper reported that annual premium increases and costs associated with the law, including a $65 per… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing to review the current benefit design of the Medicare Fee-For-Service program and consider ideas to update and improve the benefit structure to better meet the needs of current and future beneficiaries.  The hearing will take place on Tuesday,… Read more

Washington, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Republican members of the subcommittees for the 113th Congress.  The announcement comes a day after the Republican Steering Committee named the Committee’s final Republican Member, Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH). “I congratulate the new and returning Members of each of the… Read more

Despite spending more than $2 trillion on his health care overhaul, President Obama has failed to deliver on his promise to reduce the cost of health care.  So, while the President may give ObamaCare a glowing review in his State of the Union address, the American people who have to pay for and live with ObamaCare have a few questions that deserve some answers: Mr. President,… Read more

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) provided an update on the committees’… Read more

Washington, DC – The Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce Committees today unveiled the ObamaCare Burden Tracker (#ObamaCareBurden).  The Burden Tracker is a real-time online resource to help the public keep track of all of the new government mandates, rules, and red tape as a result of ObamaCare. The burden of ObamaCare is already being felt, even… Read more

The Obama Administration is once again considering a special exemption from the health care law. According to the Wall Street Journal, the new ObamaCare loophole being considered by the Obama Administration would only benefit union members, not the average American worker.  This new exemption is in addition to the over 300 union plans the President has already said do not need… Read more

Washington, DC– Despite having no authority to do so under ObamaCare, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a final rule in May 2012 to extend eligibility for health insurance subsidies to people enrolled in exchanges established and run by the federal government. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell… Read more