WASHINGTON, DC-- Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the president's still-controversial health care law. Oversight of the law has been a key focus of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and our work continued this week in the lead up to the anniversary.
March 22, 2012 |
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Then: Obamacare will "for sure" reduce insurance costs
Now: Obamacare will increase premiums by 19-30 percent
March 21, 2012 |
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Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today expressed their support for the PATH Act, H.R. 5, which restores the doctor-patient relationship by repealing the controversial IPAB and advancing medical liability reforms to actually lower the cost of health care. Watch here:
March 21, 2012 |
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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.
March 16, 2012 |
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office yesterday released another report bearing bad news about the president's controversial health care law.
March 13, 2012 |
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office today released new estimates on the cost of the president's health care law, revealing a shocking new sticker price of $1.8 trillion.