Health

Chairman:  Joe Pitts (PA-16)
Jurisdiction: 
Public health and quarantine; hospital construction; mental health; biomedical research and development; health information technology, privacy, and cybersecurity; public health insurance (Medicare, Medicaid) and private health insurance; medical malpractice and medical malpractice insurance; the regulation of food, drugs, and cosmetics; drug abuse; the Department of Health and Human Services; the National Institutes of Health; the Centers for Disease Control; Indian Health Service; and all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security.

Members

Republicans

Chairman: Joe Pitts (PA)
Vice Chairman: Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX)
Ed Whitfield (KY)
John Shimkus (IL)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Phil Gingrey (GA)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA)
Leonard Lance (NJ)
Bill Cassidy (LA)
Brett Guthrie (KY)
Morgan Griffith (VA)
Gus Bilirakis (FL)
Renee Ellmers (NC)
Joe Barton (TX)
Fred Upton (MI)

Democrats

Ranking Member: Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
John D. Dingell (MI)
Eliot L. Engel (NY)
Lois Capps (CA)
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Gene Green (TX)
G.K. Butterfield (NC)
John Barrow (GA)
Donna M. Christensen (VI)
Kathy Castor (FL)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Henry A. Waxman (CA)

A 21st Century Medicare: Bipartisan Proposals to Redesign the Program’s Outdated Benefit Structure
June 26, 2013 | Hearing

Hearing Notice

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GAO Confirms Obamacare Implementation Behind Schedule, Facing Challenges
June 19, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two new reports today confirming the Obama Administration is ill-equipped for the implementation of the federally facilitated health insurance and the Small Business Health Option Program (SHOP) exchanges created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

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Health Subcommittee Kicks Off Hearing Series Examining America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
June 14, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Kicking off a new hearing series, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis.” Prescription drug abuse has plagued the U.S. for many years and continues to be a growing problem.

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Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
June 14, 2013 | Hearing

Hearing Notice

Background Memo

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NEWS: Associated Press: Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers
June 14, 2013 | ICYMI

 

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President Signs Bipartisan Bill into Law to Help Protect Jobs, Keep Pets and Livestock Safe
June 13, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama today signed into law S.622, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013.

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