Earlier today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi attempted to defend the Democrats’ unpopular health law saying that it would allow people to leave their jobs to “pursue happiness” without the threat of losing their ability to obtain health insurance. Unfortunately, the more than 160 million Americans who obtain their health insurance through the employer-sponsored system continue… Read more

Some colleges are dropping student health-insurance plans for the coming academic year and others are telling students to expect sharp premium increases because of a provision in the federal health law requiring plans to beef up coverage. The demise of low-cost, low-benefit health plans for students is a consequence of the 2010 health-care overhaul. The law is intended to expand… Read more

Good morning.  Today, we will separately consider four health care measures, two repealing portions of the Democrats’ health care law and two advancing new opportunities to lower costs and increase flexibility for health care consumers.   The repeal provisions target two of the taxes in the law – the medical device tax and the ban on using health-related savings accounts for… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the Committee approved four health care measures, each on a bipartisan basis.  Two of the bills reported by the Committee would repeal portions of the Democrats’ health care law and two would advance new opportunities to lower costs and increase flexibility for patients: “I am… Read more

What a difference just a few days makes.  In April, President Obama traveled to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to wax poetic about “college affordability.”  Not surprisingly, left out of the conversation was any mention that students’ health insurance premiums were about to skyrocket, in part, because of ObamaCare. According to a May 1 article in the… Read more

By Glenn Kessler “I simply make the point, as an editor might say, to check it out; do not buy into the BS that you hear about spending and fiscal constraint with regard to this administration. I think doing so is a sign of sloth and laziness.” — White House spokesman Jay Carney, remarks to the press gaggle, May 23, 2012 The spokesman’s words caught our attention because here… Read more

FORTUNE -- The Obama administration maintains that its Affordable Care Act is a complex construct that's endangered if the Supreme Court finds its central feature -- the requirement that all Americans buy health insurance -- unconstitutional. It's certainly true that eliminating the "individual mandate" will immediately expose the plan as unworkable. It can only succeed by creating a… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) requested information on how much has been spent by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for public relations, advertisements, polling and message testing since January 1, 2008.  The letter follows various news reports detailing millions in taxpayer dollars going to public… Read more

In today’s Washington Post, George Will highlights the ways in which the Democrats’ health care law is already contributing to job loss and inhibiting economic growth here at home - leaving job creators and employees alike worried about whether the trend will continue as more and more provisions of the law take effect.   Mr. Will’s piece focuses on the new medical device tax in the… 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 examine the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program to understand how the program is impacting patients, suppliers, and program expenditures.  This hearing will help the… Read more