Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding the Committee’s work towards a permanent physician payment fix, also known as the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR).
“SGR is an important issue for physicians and seniors alike who, for over a decade, have been hamstrung by short-term patches instead of the certainty…
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Another day, another change by the White House to “fix” their controversial health care law. Today, families and patients abandoned by the new law learned the Obama Administration has launched a new and improved marketing campaign for the troubled law.
It is a strange use of resources given that the problems are with the policy, not the politics, and what’s needed are real…
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ObamaCare has failed to achieve the basic promises and principles used to sell the law to American families and job creators. Americans deserve access to quality, affordable health care, but this law is failing to deliver.
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding reports that healthcare.gov enrolled 29,000 Americans in coverage the first two days of December.
“When it comes to the website, the important number is not how many visitors healthcare.gov is getting per day, but how many Americans can actually enroll – end to end – in…
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed changes for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organizations rules.
"There continues to be an ongoing investigation, with many documents yet to be uncovered, into how the IRS systematically targeted and…
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When selling his health care law to the American public, President Obama made a clear promise that, "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will keep your doctor. Period.” However, Americans all across the country are now facing the scary reality that they may no longer be able to access the care from the doctor or hospital…
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By Conna Craig
In today's dysfunctional Washington it's hard to imagine members of Congress reaching across the aisle for something beyond a sound bite. There is far too much bickering about what is and is not "affordable" and what or whom has winning power going into the elections of 2014. Its low approval…
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Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding problems with the income verification system in the Exchanges.
Recent reports have documented the Exchanges miscalculating eligibility for federal tax credits, and therefore misleading consumers as to how much their plan will cost them, as…
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(CNN) – Washington state resident Jessica Sanford was bursting with pride when President Obama mentioned her story during a Rose Garden event on health care reform last month at the White House.
"Who wouldn't?" Sanford asks. "I'm a nobody really to have him mention my story."
Back in October,…
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