Despite its expected bankruptcy in 2024, top Democrats continue to make false claims that the Medicare program seniors and those with disabilities rely on is doing fine and that inaction is the best course.  Additional claims that the “savings” and taxes contained in ObamaCare will only strengthen Medicare are completely misleading and ignore the fact that rather than use… Read more

*UPDATE:  NEW TIME* ALL OTHER DETAILS OF THE HEARING REMAIN THE SAME. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing to examine implementation of health insurance exchanges as authorized by the Democrats’ health care law (P.L. 111-148 and 111-152).  The hearing will take place on… Read more

Today, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Foundation issued Problems and Priorities, its quadrennial survey of problems and challenges facing small business owners.  The report highlights the failure of many Obama Administration policies to address the needs of small business.  Rising health care costs was first among the top 10 concerns facing… Read more

AARP is being held up again today as a credible source committed to protecting seniors – this time in a new round of attacks on bipartisan policies that would extend the solvency of the Medicare program.  This is the same AARP that hailed the law as benefitting seniors, despite a recent estimate by the Congressional Budget Office that the law cuts Medicare by more than $700… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA), called on Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to produce a detailed accounting of how funds at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services… Read more

House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) today announced that the Subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on removing Social Security numbers from beneficiaries’ Medicare cards.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:30… Read more

(Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Chairman Johnson. I’m pleased the Subcommittees are meeting today to discuss what I consider to be a common sense, bipartisan idea that will help protect our nation’s seniors, brought before the Committee by Chairman Johnson and Congressman Doggett. Medicare beneficiaries from across the United States are affected by fraud and identity… Read more

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released the first updated estimate of the Democrats’ health care law since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which indicates that ObamaCare’s Medicare cuts will be 50 percent higher than initially predicted.  Just two years ago, when ObamaCare was signed into law, CBO predicted that ObamaCare would slash Medicare by more than $500… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing to explore physician organization efforts to promote high quality patient care.  Understanding these initiatives will inform the Subcommittee as it continues to examine how to reform the Medicare physician payment system.  The Subcommittee… Read more

The Subcommittee will come to order. We are meeting today to hear from physician organizations who are working to improve the quality of care delivered to patients.  These initiatives have been shown to be successful and may hold promise as we seek to reform and update the Medicare physician payment formula.   For the past 18 months we’ve been seeking both formal and informal… Read more