COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

The Prescription Pad

  • New Report Confirms that ObamaCare Hurts Seniors

    December 10, 2012 - New research released by Health Affairs found that Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) are less likely to receive wasteful or questionable care than those in traditional Medicare. Unfortunately, rather than strengthen and promote MA, ObamaCare will force 7 million beneficiari... More

  • ObamaCare Wrong Prescription for Job Creation

    November 5, 2012 - Recent jobs data suggest that too many Americans are struggling to find full-time work. The October jobs report underscores the challenge facing many of those looking for full-time employment, noting that 8.3 million Americans were employed part time “for economic reasons” last month. As the report... More

  • Seasons May Change, But the Broken Promises of the Democrats’ Health Care Law Remain the Same

    October 2, 2012 - As seasons change and summer turns to fall, the health care landscape is changing, too. Some changes may be more welcome than others, like open enrollment in private Medicare plans. Conversely, new provisions of the Democrats’ health care law taking effect this month might leave some wondering whet... More

  • ObamaCare Broken Promises Continue: Higher Costs and Fewer with Employer-Sponsored Health Care

    September 25, 2012 - In 2009, President Obama promised the American people that his health care plan, “will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government.” Now : The verdict is in, and it is clear that President Obama has failed to deliver. Instead, the Democrats’ health care... More

  • Medicare Advantage & ObamaCare: A Story of Deep Cuts, Higher Costs and Unanswered Questions

    September 21, 2012 - Although the Democrats’ health care law will not fully take effect until 2014, seniors in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are already facing the painful realization that cuts and higher costs have and will continue to come their way. Consider the following: $300 Billion Cut to MA: The Democrats’ heal... More

  • ObamaCare Slashed Medicare and Raised Taxes to Subsidize People the Administration Claims Can Already Afford Health Insurance

    September 21, 2012 - INSULT: ObamaCare Took Over $750 Billion From Medicare and Raised Taxes By More Than $1 Trillion to Pay for New Health Care Subsidies. These subsidies are funded by more than $1 trillion in tax hikes, many of which are levied on middle-class families, and three-quarters of one trillion dollars in cu... More

  • Obama Administration Says Low-Income and Middle Class Can Afford Insurance

    September 20, 2012 - SHOT: Administration Says Individual Mandate Tax Will Only Affect Those Who Can Afford Health Care "This (analysis) doesn't change the basic fact that the individual responsibility policy will only affect people who can afford health care but choose not to buy it," said Erin Shields Britt of the He... More

  • Long Time Democratic Leader Admits ObamaCare Will Force Workers to Lose their Health Coverage

    September 12, 2012 - Last week, former Senator Bob Kerrey said that one of the pillars of ObamaCare “will accelerate an already breaking-down employer-based system.” He was talking about the employer mandate, a requirement that forces employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees to offer government-prescrib... More

  • ObamaCare Breaks President Obama’s Two Biggest Promises…Again

    September 11, 2012 - Today’s release of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual employer health benefits study confirms that President Obama’s most often mentioned health care promises continue to go unfulfilled. More than two years after passage, health care premiums continue to increase and more than half of all worker... More

  • Democrats’ False Medicare Claims

    September 5, 2012 - Despite its expected bankruptcy in 2024, top Democrats continue to make false claims that the Medicare program seniors and those with disabilities rely on is doing fine and that inaction is the best course. Additional claims that the “savings” and taxes contained in ObamaCare will only strengthen M... More