Obamacare at Six Years: HealthCare.gov Still Awarding Subsidies to Fake Applicants
Non-Partisan Watchdogs Chronicle Website’s Failures Issues with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) website have been well documented from its inception: a botched roll out costing taxpayers billions resulting in an inoperable webpage that left patients – which were required by the law to obtain coverage or face a fine – in limbo. The […]
Hatch, Brady, Upton Statement on Administration’s New Medicare Experiment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposed changes to the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model: “Yesterday’s announcement marks another […]
Senate Republicans Call on Administration to Halt Plans to Cut Medicare Advantage
In Letter, Senators Warn of Harmful Funding Reductions, and Write, “Medicare Advantage remains popular in spite of a number of regulatory and legislative actions, including cuts included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which have threatened to undermine the program’s ability to provide seniors the care they expect.” WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans today sent […]
Hatch, Rubio Press Administration on Obamacare Insurance Company Bailout
Senators Say Administration’s Use of Transitional Reinsurance Program Violates Law WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today questioned how the Obama Administration justified payments under the Obamacare reinsurance program. Under Obamacare statute section 1341, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is directed to deposit $5 billion […]
Obamacare at Six Years: Six Disastrous Headlines
Obamacare Anniversary Marks Six Years of Broken Promises Nearly six years ago President Obama’s crowning achievement, Obamacare, was signed into law with promises to provide quality, low-cost insurance for all Americans. Instead, American families and businesses have seen higher taxes and burdensome mandates, leaving them to struggle under the broken promises of this administration and its health […]
Hatch to Hold Finance Hearing on Obamacare at Six Years
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, March 17, to examine deficiencies with HealthCare.gov and the current state of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and how it is impacting patients and taxpayers. The hearing, titled “HealthCare.gov: A Review of Operation and Enrollment,” will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Trade Agreement Implementation
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing examining implementation of existing free trade agreements with the United States’ trade partners. I would like to welcome everyone to this morning’s hearing. Last year, with the passage of our bipartisan legislation to renew Trade Promotion Authority, […]
Aggressive Oversight Required to Ensure Americans Reap Full Benefits of High-Standard Trade Agreements
Over the past three decades, the United States has entered into 14 trade agreements with 20 countries. While each of these trade pacts has provided significant economic benefits to American job creators, workers, farmers, innovators, and consumers, there is widespread concern that some of our international trading partners have not fully and faithfully implemented and […]
Hatch Questions Korea, Colombia on Implementation of Trade Agreements in Advance of Finance Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent letters to the ambassadors of Korea and Colombia raising concerns regarding those countries’ implementation of and compliance with the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) and the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia TPA), respectively. The letters were sent a day before the Senate Finance Committee […]
Hatch, Barrasso Seek Answers on Obamacare’s 34 Special Enrollment Periods
High Number of Exceptions Could Result in Higher Premiums WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking for information on the agency’s administration of the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM)’s Special Enrollment Periods (SEP). […]