By: Juliegrace Brufke GOP lawmakers are gearing up to overturn a number of President Barack Obama’s policies in 2017, and Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Flores is confident Americans will quickly see improvements in their health care options after GOP leaders repeal Obamacare early next year. Congress is slated to move on repealing Obamacare within its first week back, with the intention of getting a bill to President-elect Donald Trump’s desk as soon as he takes office. While Republic... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the 21st Century Cures Act. Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding passage of the bill: “Today, the House acted to improve the development and discovery of life-saving cures and treatments for childhood cancer, Alzheimer’s and thousands of other diseases; problems that plague the lives of so many people all around the world. The 21st Century Cures Act modernizes research and innovation to accelerate the path to cure... Read more

By U.S. Rep. Bill Flores On Election Day, the American people sent a clear message. They no longer will stand for weaker national security, executive branch overreach, excessive regulation and the unbridled expansion of the federal government. After eight years of failed Washington policies, hardworking Americans rejected the status quo in Washington and they want to go a different direction. Over the past several months, I have been working with my fellow House of Representatives colleagues to ... Read more

By: Brooke Singman Adult enrollment in ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion has more than doubled expectations in states across the country -- pointing to ballooning costs that threaten budget dollars for priorities like education and infrastructure, according to a report released Wednesday by The Foundation for Government Accountability. Newly obtained data from 24 of the 29 states with Medicaid expansions show at least 11.5 million able-bodied adults have enrolled. The FGA says adult enrollment for ... Read more

Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following statement after the Obama administration announced that Obamacare premiums will increase by double digits, including a 25 percent surge for Obamacare’s most popular plan: “President Obama recently suggested that reports of Obamacare problems are ‘a lot of hysteria.’ Perhaps the president could try looking American families in the eyes and explaining that the challenges they face as a result of massive premium increa... Read more

In response to President Obama’s remarks yesterday on the Affordable Care Act, Republican Student Committee Chairman Bill Flores (R-Texas) issued the following statement: “President Obama thinks that Obamacare will magically succeed once he leaves office. He is wrong again, just like he has been with so many of his failed policies. Obamacare is a failure of Washington liberals standing in the way of consumers, patient care and lower health care costs. Make no mistake, Obamacare is not failing be... Read more

CHI St. Joseph Health hosted Congressman Bill Flores and representatives from GE Healthcare Thursday, as Congressman Flores was recognized by The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance, the imaging industry’s trade association in Washington, DC. The organization honored Congressman Flores for his instrumental role in securing a two-year suspension of the medical device tax, enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Congressman Flores’ actions demonstrate his commitment to protecting o... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3590, the Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act. Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following statement regarding passage of the bill: “Countless Americans continue to struggle with high out-of-pocket medical costs under Obamacare. Despite much higher than predicted costs, the Obama administration is looking to have additional Americans pay more in medical taxes in 2017. Today, the House worked to provide relief by pa... Read more

By: Whitney Miller Poverty, healthcare, terrorism, immigration and more were all topics Representative Bill Flores tackled at a town hall meeting in Caldwell Tuesday night. “I know that he’s going to talk about several things like healthcare,” said Robertson County resident Josephine Miller before the event. “He’s going to talk about the executive overreach and things like that.” Miller says she came to Tuesday's town hall to show support and get informed. "It's important for you to know what he... Read more

By: Doug Currin Junior John doesn’t like to take medication. “If you take it for one problem, it causes another problem," said John. The Department of Veterans Affairs was treating him like so many other vets, with pills. It was causing problems with his daily life. Senator Shelley Capito (R-WV) is working for changes for vets and their prescriptions for painkillers. “Opioids have been prescribed and over prescribed and ended in tragic circumstances,” said Capito. Jason Simcacoski was over-presc... Read more