Good Morning.  I would like to welcome Marilyn Tavenner to the Committee today.  I look forward to your testimony and to hearing an honest, straightforward assessment on the status of the health care law.   Six months ago, Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius told this Committee a dozen times that the Administration “will be ready October 1.”   We now… Read more

Nearly five weeks into the launch of HealthCare.gov, the management expert brought in to turn around the website says its issues are fixable. But it's going to take weeks, not days. That comes as some Americans are being surprised, not only that they are… Read more

As millions of Americans struggle with the rollout of the Health Care Exchange, tens of millions more will soon be impacted by the law’s mandates, tax increases and user fees.  And they may not even know it, yet.  As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), beginning in 2014, numerous new provisions go into effect that mandate employers offer “qualified” health care… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced it would delay the ObamaCare coverage requirement. “This is just another day and another Administrative delay of a key part of the healthcare law.  Sooner or later, the Administration needs to admit the law is unworkable – people don’t have… Read more

  Natalie Willes is one of the millions of Americans who already have private health insurance but whose policies do not comply with the Affordable Care Act. Many of these people can't get past the sticker shock of the new plans they'll have to… Read more

This afternoon on the Hill a 24-year-old college student and sex trafficking survivor,  Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew, shared her experiences growing up in the U.S., where she was used for money in the foster care system and ultimately forced into sex trafficking. “I spent for the most part,… Read more

Washington, DC - This morning, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement upon receiving notification from the Department of Labor (DOL) that it is instructing states to recover any overpayments to those Federal employees who received unemployment benefits as a result of the recent government shutdown, but whose pay has since been restored by… Read more

Washington, DC – In a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Burwell, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and 17 other Committee Members called on the Obama Administration to stop recently furloughed Federal employees from also collecting and keeping unemployment benefits, a… Read more

(CBS News) CBS News has uncovered a serious pricing problem with HealthCare.gov. It stems from the Obama administration's efforts to improve its health care website. A new online feature can dramatically underestimate the cost of insurance. The administration announced it would provide a new "shop and browse"… Read more

  President Barack Obama led a pep rally for his signature health law at the White House on Monday. He managed to gather a grateful few who navigated a cyber morass and signed up for coverage, no small feat. But he also conceded the computer troubles many others have had: "Nobody's madder than me about the fact… Read more