Higher Premiums, Fewer Choices
Negative Consequences of Obamacare Continue with Projected Premium Hikes, Exodus of Insurers With health care premiums expected to rise yet again in 2017, American families and businesses will continue to experience the effects of the President’s broken promises for his domestic policy achievement, Obamacare. According to Gallup’s latest poll, American families cite the cost of […]
Senators Urge Implementation of Key Reforms to Improve Educational Stability for Children in Foster Care
During National Foster Care Month, a bipartisan group of Senators calls on HHS and ED to assist states, school districts, and child welfare agencies to implement reforms to support children in foster care through educational stability (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top […]
Hatch to Hold Hearing on Social Security and Medicare Trustees Nominations
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Wednesday, May 11, to consider two Social Security and Medicare Trustees nominations. The hearing will take place at 3:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following nominees are scheduled to testify: · The Honorable Charles P. […]
Hatch, Wyden to Hold Hearing on Evidence-Based Delivery and Funding for Social Welfare Programs
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced a hearing to examine the role of outcomes and evidence standards in shaping social policies and how they can be best applied to program delivery and financing models.The hearing, titled “Can Evidence Based Practices Improve Outcomes for Vulnerable […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on Mental Health
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine various options on how to address mental health issues in the American health care system: Today’s hearing will focus on mental health issues in America and the role the Medicaid and Medicare programs play in […]
Finance Republicans Call for Withdrawal of Proposed Drug Rule for Medicare Part B
In Letter, Senators Warn of Harmful Disruptions in Care for Seniors, and Write, “We find the process by which CMS developed the proposals as concerning as the policies themselves.” WASHINGTON – In a letter today, Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), called on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on Business Tax Reform
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to explore ways Congress can reform the business tax code to make it more globally competitive and to consider the findings of the Committee’s bipartisan business income tax working group: Good morning. It’s a pleasure to welcome […]
Hatch: Only Meaningful Changes to the Tax Code Will Curb Inversions
Utah Senator Says, “If we want to prevent future inversions, we should spend less time tinkering around the regulatory edges and engaging in partisan rhetoric and more time trying to find common ground to actually fix our tax code.” WASHINGTON – In a speech today on the Senate floor, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch […]
Hatch to Hold Finance Hearing on Mental Health
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, April 28, to examine various options on how to address mental health issues in our health care system. The hearing, titled “Mental Health in America: Where Are We Now?,” will take place at 2:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the […]
Hatch Applauds Committee Action on Bipartisan Bills to Protect Taxpayers, Curb Identity Theft & Tax Refund Fraud
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after the Committee favorably reported out two bipartisan tax bills that aim to prevent identity theft and tax refund fraud, and better protect American taxpayers: “Today the Finance Committee acted in a strong bipartisan fashion to advance commonsense legislation that will […]