Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today highlighted a non-partisan analysisof the government-run plan being debated by the Senate Finance Committee. The study examined two possible versions for a government-run plan. The first was modeled after the Federal Health Employee Benefit Plan (FEHBP) offered to federal employees, including Members of Congress and their staff, and the second was modeled on the Massachusetts Connector. The results? Trillions of dollars in new federal spending... Read more

"Eroding employer-sponsored insurance with a government-run health insurance plan might be a good idea to Howard Dean, but it certainly can’t be good for employees and their families," said Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp. "What will happen to the 132 million Americans who currently have health insurance through their employer? Why won't they get to keep their health care if they like it – which is what the President promised they would be able to do?" ### Read more

The Washington Post recently reported that an “employer mandate,” proposed by many Democrats as a way to pay for health reform, could “raise $300 billion over a 10-year period.” This massive new tax would devastate the economy and put millions of Americans out of work. Using the same methodology developed by Dr. Christina Romer, Chair of the Council on Economic Advisors, and Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden, that sort of a tax increase ... Read more

As debate continues on whether or not Congress should create a new government-run health care plan, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today highlighted data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) showing that seniors enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug program, referred to as Part D, prefer innovative benefit packages created by the private sector to the standard plan Congress designed. “The public knows the federal government cannot design or manage health... Read more

Congressional Democrats will soon put forward their legislative proposals for reforming health care. Should they succeed, tens of millions of Americans will potentially be joining a new public insurance program and the federal government will increasingly be involved in treatment decisions.Not long ago, I would have applauded this type of government expansion. Born and raised in Canada, I once believed that government health care is compassionate and equitable. It is neither.My views changed in ... Read more

Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today highlighted data from a 2008 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) report showing more than 90 percent of seniors enrolled in the government-run Medicare program are enrolled in additional health care coverage. “Supporters of government-run health insurance think federal bureaucrats can do a good job designing and operating a health plan, but the facts suggest otherwise,” said Camp. “If government designed programs are so great, why do... Read more