FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12th, 2014
CONTACT: Drew Griffin, Drew.Griffin@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2871 

WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03), along with his colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee, questioned Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius regarding the troubled rollout and implementation of the President’s health care law.  In response to a line of questioning from Congressman Paulsen, Sebelius admitted that health care premiums would continue to rise.

Paulsen: “Do you expect health care premiums to increase next year, on average? Will they go up? Because they certainly went up for a lot of folks this year. But do you expect that trend to continue again next year?”

Sebelius: “I think premiums are likely to go up, but go up at a smaller pace.”

Read more about the hearing here.

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.
 
For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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