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  • Energy & Commerce Committee: Mandates and Uncertainty
    Dec 11, 2012 - For months, governors, state officials, and members of Congress have been clamoring for the Obama administration to provide basic information on how the health care law’s mandated health exchanges and Medicaid expansion will be implemented and regulated. After multiple written requests to the Obama ... More
  • The Washington Times: GOP demands answers from AARP on health deals
    Jun 22, 2012 - The Washington Times: GOP demands answers from AARP on health deals Congressional Republicans are demanding that the country's largest senior advocacy group respond to charges that it sacrificed the interests of older Americans in order to help muster support for President Obama's health care law. A... More
  • Ellmers: Need A Job? Support Small Businesses
    May 31, 2012 - Can you compel success? Small businesses want to grow, hire and create more promising opportunities, but few agree that manipulation is the proper tool to achieve it. This, however, has been the priority of the White House as it seeks to disguise the policies that have wreaked havoc on our strugglin... More
  • Lawmakers Raise Prospect of Stand-Alone SGR Bill
    Dec 21, 2011 - Modern Healthcare: Lawmakers Raise Prospect of Stand-Alone SGR Bill The co-chairmen of the House GOP Doctors Caucus remained hopeful that House and Senate leaders could resolve their differences on a payroll tax cut bill that would also avert a steep Medicare payment cut to the nation's physicians, ... More
  • ICYMI: GOP Doctors Caucus Video Highlights Medicare Reimbursement Rate Issue
    Dec 7, 2011 - Members of the GOP Doctors Caucus today released a video addressing Medicare reimbursement rates for physicians. The GOP Doctors Caucus is composed of 21 medical providers in Congress who use medical expertise and experience to develop patient centered, patient driven healthcare reforms focused on q... More
  • Rep. Gosar: Scary Truth: Who Is Misleading Seniors?
    Dec 2, 2011 - As a recent arrival to Washington, there are some days when I wonder just what it is about this place that makes people so desperate to stay here that they will do anything, say anything, and scare anyone, in order to make sure that happens. Oh sure, I had heard of the scare tactics, the lies and ha... More
  • GOP Doctors Caucus Launches Golden Stethoscope Challenge
    Nov 22, 2011 - The GOP Doctors Caucus is excited to launch a new monthly challenge encouraging Members and their constituents to participate in a health care discussion. At the end of each month, the Member engaging in the most dialogue will receive the prized Golden Stethoscope. December Golden Stethoscope Challe... More
  • Dr. Roe in Politico: Give patients control of health care
    Jun 20, 2011 - Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds released a report on the two programs’ financial status and news was not good: Medicare is likely to go bankrupt by 2024 —five years earlier than last year’s estimate. This threatens senior care. At this rate, Medicare will not be available fo... More
  • Health care law has consequences Federal takeover will hurt recovery
    Jun 17, 2011 - Year after year the cost of care goes up, leading some patients to neglect the treatments or care they need simply because they cannot afford it. Employers often face the difficult reality of maintaining coverage for their employees or cutting back their payrolls. Taxpayers, at the state and federal... More
  • Repeal IPAB
    Jun 17, 2011 - The best way for congressional Republicans to make the case for the Paul Ryan budget is to contrast it with the Democrats’ plan. To the extent the Democrats have one, it centers on empowering the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a panel of 15 bureaucrats, to make cuts to Medicare... More