Baucus Pushes Innovation Center to More Quickly Improve Health Care Quality, Lower Costs
WASHINGTON – In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, known simply as the Innovation Center, to ramp up efforts to develop new ways of improving health care quality and lowering costs. “We can’t wait a decade to develop a model for affordable, quality […]
Baucus Statement on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Improving America’s Health Care System
The great American inventor, Thomas Edison, often liked to challenge his colleagues saying, “There’s a way to do it better—find it.” Edison always looked to inspire fresh ideas to overcome any challenge. Today, we are in need of new and innovative ideas for America’s health care system. We know there’s a better way to deliver […]
Baucus Outlines Job-Creating Trade Agenda
WASHINGTON – In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) laid out an aggressive trade agenda for 2013 aimed at boosting U.S. exports, creating American jobs and ensuring the nation’s workforce is prepared to compete in an increasingly intertwined global economy. Senator Baucus identified several priorities, including: renewing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) […]
Baucus Statement on the 2013 Trade Agenda and Job Creation
The English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon once said, “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” By that standard, the United States has been very wise, crafting a significant trade agenda that provides many new opportunities for our nation. We must now be aggressive, seize these opportunities and create more than we find. An […]
Baucus, Hatch Comments on TPP Negotiations with Japan
To: Reporters and EditorsFrom: Sean Neary and Meaghan Smith for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Antonia Ferrier and Julia Lawless for Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Re: Baucus, Hatch Comments on TPP Negotiations with Japan Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking […]
Finance Leaders Convene Committee to Kick Start Tax Reform Conversation
Washington –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today detailed plans for the committee to begin developing a proposal to reform America’s tax code. In a bipartisan meeting of committee members, Senators Baucus and Hatch laid out a series of discussion topics that will form the foundation for comprehensive […]
Baucus-Hatch Bill Conserves Ag Lands, Boost Rural America
Washington– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation today to permanently extend tax relief for ranchers, farmers and other landowners who donate land for conservation. The Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2013 makes permanent the enhanced tax incentive for conservation easements that is set to expire […]
Baucus Says Efficient Health Care Delivery is Key to Saving Medicare and Medicaid
Washington – At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) stressed the need to promote greater efficiency in health care and increased coordination of patient care in an effort to preserve Medicare and Medicaid. Senator Baucus reviewed the progress being made since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to move […]
Baucus Statement on Making Medicare and Medicaid More Efficient and Affordable
President Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” In 2009, we didn’t like the future we saw for a health care system based on a fee-for-service payment model. Doctors and hospitals were getting paid for the amount of care delivered, instead of how well they delivered care […]
Baucus Statement on the Confirmation of Jack Lew to be Secretary of Treasury
Mr. President: America’s first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, once said: “The confidence of the people will easily be gained by a good administration. This is the true touchstone.” Hamilton’s words take on new prominence today as we task our next Treasury Secretary to gain the trust of the American people and restore confidence in our […]