HHS Ignores Key CBO Data, Selectively Quotes Report Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following statement in response to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report on the impact of the Democrats’ health care law on premiums: “This report would be laughable if it wasn’t so [...]

“The creation of new jobs may be further hindered by businesses’ continued lack of confidence in the recovery’s sustainability and by remaining limitations on access to credit. Businesses may also be unsure and concerned about how they will be affected by the implementation of recently enacted financial and health care legislation and by possible future [...]

As the Ways and Means Committee holds its first health care hearing of the 112th Congress – focusing on the impact of the Democrats’ health care law on employers and workers – here is a look at what many employers and economists are saying about the law: Small Business Coalition for Affordable Health Care “The [...]

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered opening remarks at the Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Fundamental Tax Reform.  Below are excerpts, followed by the full remarks. The Tax Code “Clearly, the tax code is too complex, too costly, and takes too much time to comply with.  All [...]

How the Democrats’ 2009 Stimulus Resulted in Fewer Paychecks, More Unemployment Checks Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following statement in response to the release of the report, It’s Official: On Unemployment and Jobs, Democrats’ 2009 Stimulus Was a Huge Failure: “In January of 2009, President Obama’s chief economic [...]

Democrats argue that despite cutting more than one-half trillion dollars from Medicare in order to fund a new entitlement that they’re actually “protecting/improving” Medicare for seniors.  They like to point to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) actuaries’ analysis that predicts that because of the cuts, the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) [...]

“They say it’s a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like Goebbels,” Cohen said. “You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, and eventually, people believe it.  Like blood libel.  That’s the same kind of thing. And Congressman Cohen didn’t stop there. “The Germans said enough about the [...]

Ways and Means Hearing to Examine the Impact of Taxes, Regulations, and Mandates Contained in the Health Care Law on Economic Growth and Job Creation House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the impact the “Patient Protection and Affordable [...]

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered a statement on the House floor in support of repealing the job-destroying health care bill. Below are excerpts, followed by the full statement. The Fundamental Flaw With The Healthcare Bill “The problem with this law – among its many faults – is it puts government [...]

In a letter highlighting their support for repeal of the Democrats’ health care law, a coalition representing the country’s largest, oldest and most respected small business associations, including the Associated Builders and Contractors, the National Federation of Independent Business, the National Restaurant Association, the Printing Industries of America, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and the U.S. Chamber [...]