Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is ending its Medicare health and prescription drug plan for seniors in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine because of changes to the program made by the Democrats’ health overhaul.  As a result, the Boston Globe reports that 22,000 seniors will lose their Medicare plan at the end of the year.  Seniors in New Hampshire will be particularly hard hit, as… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today sent Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a letter inquiring about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to eliminate certain Medicare Part D prescription drug plans that could force 3 million seniors out of their… Read more

Today, Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tried to put the best spin possible on the Administration’s unpopular health care law by touting changes to the Medicare prescription drug “donut hole.” Here’s what the Obama Administration won’t tell you: the vast majority of seniors – nearly 90 percent – will see no benefit from this program and… Read more

Tomorrow marks the six-month anniversary of ObamaCare being enacted into law.  During that time, Congressional Democrats and President Obama have been travelling the country attempting to tout the “positive” effects of their new health care overhaul.  Americans, however, are not buying it, with over 50 percent believing the health care law is bad for the country and over 60 percent… Read more

Less than six months after ObamaCare became law, President Obama is breaking his promise that, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.”  According to an announcement made today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):  Next year, 1.2 million seniors will be forced out the Medicare Advantage (MA) or Medicare prescription drug plan… Read more

Before breaking for the November elections, Congressional Democrats plan to pass a massive stop-gap spending bill that may also include a slew of unrelated or extraneous provisions.  The Obama Administration is also asking Congressional Democrats to include $250 million dollars to “increase the primary care health workforce” because “without interventions, experts are projecting a… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Republicans today sent a letter to Chairman Levin reiterating a request to invite Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick to testify in front of the Full Committee this month. Levin previously indicated a willingness to have Dr. Berwick testify after he been in office for a period of time. In the letter the… Read more

Today, the independent and nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report finding the Obama Administration’s nearly $20 million Medicare mailer misleads America’s seniors by falsely claiming the Democrats’ health care law would not negatively impact seniors’ benefits.  Specifically, GAO states:     "[T]he brochure overstates some of [the Democrats’ health… Read more

Today's Wall Street Journal reports that health insurance companies plan to increase health insurance premiums by up to 20 percent next year in part to comply with new federal mandates resulting from the Democrats' health overhaul.  Two of the largest insurance companies, BlueCross BlueShield and Aetna, plan to increase their monthly rates by up to 9 percent because of ObamaCare.  The… Read more

As if more than one-half trillion dollars in Medicare cuts that could jeopardize access to care wasn't enough bad news for seniors, analysis released yesterday by Avalere Health, a health care research firm, estimates that 1 in 5 seniors could lose their Medicare Part D plan because of actions taken by President Obama’s Administration.  As reported by the Associated Press, these actions… Read more