Although the Democrats’ health care law will not fully take effect until 2014, seniors in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are already facing the painful realization that cuts and higher costs have and will continue to come their way. Consider the following: $300 Billion Cut to MA:  The Democrats’ health care law prescribes more than $300 billion in cuts… Read more

INSULT: ObamaCare Took Over $750 Billion From Medicare and Raised Taxes By More Than $1 Trillion to Pay for New Health Care Subsidies. These subsidies are funded by more than $1 trillion in tax hikes, many of which are levied on middle-class families, and three-quarters of one trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare. INJURY: Administration Now Says People Receiving Subsidies Could… Read more

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The Obama administration refuses to give up its backdoor and illegal pursuit to undermine the welfare work requirements. Not only is it claiming authority it doesn’t have and that prior administrations have explicitly stated does not exist, but the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed that the process by… Read more

(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning.  Thank you for joining us today for the third joint hearing this Congress of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.  Prior to this Congress, our two committees had not met together for tax-related hearings in more than 70 years. Through this series of hearings, as well as ones we have held on our… Read more

It's hard to remember now, but this summer Mitt Romney opened a useful debate about "dependency"—concerning President Obama's regulation to rewrite the 1996 welfare reform. Democrats deny any such intent, but as early as this week the House plans to hold a vote to override the new rule. So it's a good moment to dissect what the… Read more

I rise today in support of H.J.Res. 118, a resolution to disapprove of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule waiving the work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF cash welfare program. The requirement that 50 percent of a State’s welfare caseload work or prepare for work was a central part of the bipartisan 1996 welfare reforms signed… Read more

I want to welcome everyone and extend a special welcome to Ambassador Michael Punke and our private sector witnesses. Let me also recognize Bob Vastine, the longtime President of the Coalition of Service Industries, who stepped down yesterday, and Ambassador Peter Allgeier, CSI’s newly installed President.  These are two great leaders.  Bob has had a long and… Read more

SHOT: Administration Says Individual Mandate Tax Will Only Affect Those Who Can Afford Health Care "This (analysis) doesn't change the basic fact that the individual responsibility policy will only affect people who can afford health care but choose not to buy it," said Erin Shields Britt of the Health and Human Services Department. "We're no longer going to… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the House voted to disapprove of the Obama Administration’s attempt to undermine the welfare work requirements.  The vote was 250 to 164, with 19 Democrats joining 231 Republicans in rejecting the Administration’s attempts to circumvent Congress and undermine the critical… Read more