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September 21, 2012
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Today we will hear testimony regarding the current role of Medicare health plans, and look to the future of how these plans can continue to effectively serve Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare has allowed private health care plans to deliver care to beneficiaries since the 1970s. Significant and nume...
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September 20, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning. Thank you for joining us today for the third joint hearing this Congress of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to this Congress, our two committees had not met together for tax-related hearings in more than 70 years. Throug...
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September 20, 2012
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I want to welcome everyone and extend a special welcome to Ambassador Michael Punke and our private sector witnesses. Let me also recognize Bob Vastine, the longtime President of the Coalition of Service Industries, who stepped down yesterday, and Ambassador Peter Allgeier, CSI’s newly installed Pr...
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September 19, 2012
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On July 12 of this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an “information memorandum” saying they would accept and approve applications from States seeking to waive the work requirement that has been central to the success of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TAN...
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September 14, 2012
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Good morning and welcome to the fifth and last hearing in our series on securing the future of the Social Security Disability Insurance program. Over the course of the series we’ve heard about the program’s striking and continuing growth: at a time when workers paying into the system have increased...
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September 13, 2012
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Good morning. We are meeting today to consider H.J.Res. 118, a resolution to block the Obama Administration from waiving work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program. Americans strongly believe that those who are able should work in exchange for receiving ...
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September 12, 2012
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Good morning and welcome to our hearing on the direct deposit of Social Security benefits. Back in 1996, Congress passed the Debt Collection Improvement Act, which required electronic payment of federal benefits, including Social Security benefits. Not only does the direct deposit of benefits help ...
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September 12, 2012
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Let me first say that our thoughts are with Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger as he continues to recover in California from hip replacement surgery and a recent case of the flu. I know I speak for all of us when I say that we wish him well and hope for a speedy recovery. We are here today to...
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September 11, 2012
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Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s implementation and administration of the President’s health care law. Before we begin this morning, it is appropriate to recall that eleven years ago, almost to the hour, our nation was savagely attacked. After these 11 y...
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August 1, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning. We welcome our colleagues from the Subcommittee on Health who join us today to focus on the importance of removing Social Security numbers from Medicare cards. For many years now, protecting the Social Security number has been a priority of the Ways and Means Comm...
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