Washington, DC – America’s elderly could soon see their health care cut by $3,700 per year due to sweeping Medicare cuts included in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.   In testimony before the Health Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, Dr. Robert Book of the Health Systems Innovation Network unveiled a new analysis by the American Action Network that shows… Read more

Today we will hear testimony regarding the Medicare Advantage program.  We will hear about these private plans that are chosen by increasing numbers of seniors.  We will hear how these private plans can combine high quality and low costs.   We will look at the future of this popular program and ask, when the scheduled cuts to Medicare Advantage plans in the Affordable… Read more

Good morning and welcome to this morning’s hearing on the integrity of insurance premium subsidies under the President’s health care law. Last month, this Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing that showed the Administration’s failure to implement effective eligibility verification systems would result in billions of dollars in improper payments going out the door,… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-OK) released the preliminary results of a Government Accountability Office (GAO)… Read more

House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing to examine the status of the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the MA program.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 24, 2014 in 1100 Longworth House Office Building,… Read more

Today, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report revealing that the Administration did not have the capability to verify eligibility for tax subsidies in the ObamaCare Exchanges.  The report found that out of 2.9 million people who applied for subsides, 2.6 million had unresolved inconsistencies related to “citizenship, national status, and… Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders from the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve post-acute care for Medicare beneficiaries. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., and Ranking Member Sandy Levin,… Read more

I would like to welcome back the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee.  Neither MedPAC nor its witness here today, Executive Director, Mark Miller, is a stranger to the Committee.  MedPAC is a key, non-partisan advisor with a lot of analytical firepower.  There is bi-partisan interest in its work.     MedPAC issues two reports annually to the Congress.  Its… Read more

House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D, (R-LA) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on the verification system for income and eligibility for tax credits under the President’s health care law. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in 1100 Longworth… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Republican Members of the Committee wrote to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew demanding Treasury halt all unverified subsidy payments to health insurers until the Administration is able to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring an income and subsidy verification system is up and running. According to… Read more