Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the second anniversary of the Democrats’ health care law tomorrow: “After two years, instead of lower costs, which the President promised, health care costs are still going up and too many Americans are losing the health coverage they have and like because of the Democrats' health care law. Adding insult to injury, the costs of this law are increasing. The original price tag has doubled to n... Read more

As one of their first acts of the 112th Congress, House Republicans voted unanimously (along with three House Democrats) to repeal the Democrats’ health care law in its entirety. Although the Democrat-led Senate still refuses to take up legislation to fully repeal ObamaCare, House Republicans have not stopped looking for ways to defund it, resulting in more than $52 billion being taken out of ObamaCare: ObamaCare Repeal/Cut Provisions That Are Now Law Savings Reducing wasteful and fraudulent ove... Read more

This week, the House of Representatives will vote to repeal the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Created by the Democrats’ health care law, IPAB is a powerful board of 15 unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats whose sole job will be to save money by restricting access to health care for Medicare beneficiaries. The desire to repeal IPAB is strong and bipartisan across the nation and in Congress. In addition to the over 230 cosponsors of the repeal legislation (H.R. 5), more t... Read more

Mr. Speaker, today I come to the floor to speak in support of H.R. 5, the Protecting Access to Health Care Act (PATH), which, among other things, will repeal yet another poorly designed provision from the Democrats’ health care law. Specifically, this legislation would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board. IPAB, as it is commonly known, is a dangerous new government agency made up of unelected bureaucrats who can meet in total secrecy to decide what seniors will pay and what health care... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the House Republican Budget Resolution introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). “A budget is a vision for America, and the President’s budget envisions more debt, more spending and will leave future generations buried under a government that is too big and that taxes employers and families too much. The House Republican Budget Proposal, however, offers a bold plan to get ... Read more

When the Democrats' health care bill was signed into law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that it would increase spending on Medicaid and taxpayer-funded health insurance subsidies by $938 billion between 2010 and 2019. However, as Republicans repeatedly pointed out, this actually hid the true costs of the health care law, because the Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchange subsidies are not scheduled to begin until 2014, five years into CBO's mandated 10-yea... Read more

Today, the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated analysis of the President’s health care law. Below are five facts every American should know about this report: Spending jumps to $1.8 trillion – With America already borrowing 40 cents out of every dollar it spends, this massive increase in federal spending is simply unsustainable. Four million Americans will lose employer-provided health insurance – In just one year, 2016, CBO now... Read more

Good morning. We meet today to consider H.R. 452, “The Medicare Decisions Accountability Act.” This legislation repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was a program included in the Democrats’ health care law. The most unifying feature of the IPAB is the strong bipartisan support for its repeal. Speaking in support of its repeal, Congressman Frank Pallone, Ranking Member of the Health Subcommittee at Energy and Commerce stated: “I’m opposed to an independent commission playing a le... Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) released the following statement after the Committee favorably approved H.R. 452, “Medicare Decisions Accountability Act,” legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): “There is strong bipartisan support for the repeal of IPAB, and more importantly, repeal is supported by seniors, people with disabilities, and health care providers. Today, the Ways and Mea... Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius, Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Eric Holder, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding Medicare fraud. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that nearly $48 billion in Medicare payments were subject to fraud, waste, or abuse during fisca... Read more