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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, has released an implementation timeline on ObamaCare. Click here for a copy.

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Press Releases

GAO Says CMS’ Halt on All Medicare Advantage Mailings ‘Unusual’ (October 13, 2010)

Lawmakers Ask Governors to Provide Data on ObamaCare Implementation (October 5, 2010)

Barton: Medicaid Spending Will Not Put Americans Back to Work (August 10, 2010)

Barton on Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report (August 5, 2010)

Barton, Walden Ask HHS for Fraud Data in Medicare, Medicaid (July 14, 2009)

Lawmakers Ask GAO to Look at Cost of Financing Future Government Debt (July 1, 2009)

Barton: Provisions Should Help Prevent Waste and Abuse in Medicaid (April 16, 2008)

Congress Must Act to Rescue Medicare – Barton (March 5, 2008)

SCHIP Should Focus First on Poor Children, Says Barton (February 26, 2008)

Reform Needed to Rescue Faltering Medicare (February 25, 2008)

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Letters

Letter to CMS Administrator Berwick Requesting a Briefing on Health Reform Implementation (November 29, 2010)

Letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius RegardingTaxpay Funded Pamphlets Selling Obamacare (May 28, 2010)

Response from CMS Regarding Censorship Actions (February 26, 2010)

Response from HHS Regarding Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid (February 26, 2010)

Response from CMS regarding Medicare and Medicaid Enrollment (February 26, 2010)

Response from Chairman Waxman Regarding a Request for a Hearing on Medicare and Medicaid Abuse (January 20, 2010)

Letter to GAO Requesting Study of CMS Medice Advantage Decisions (December 1, 2009)

Response from HHS Inspector General Regarding CMS Censorship Actions (November 9, 2009)

Response from CMS Regarding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud (October 7, 2009)

Letter to HHS Inspector General Regarding CMS Censorship Actions (October 1, 2009)

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U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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