Wyden Statement on Senate Floor on the Devastating Consequences of Trumpcare
I’ve just come off eight open to all town hall meetings in my home state of Oregon home over the Fourth of July recess. Five in counties won by Donald Trump. Three were in counties won by Hillary Clinton. And the single, unifying issue that dominated each one is that Trumpcare is a loser. And […]
Wyden Asks Hatch to Hold Finance Hearing on BCRA
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, requesting full committee consideration of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) and a return to regular order on the Senate floor. “It’s legislative malpractice that the Finance Committee has not […]
Wyden Demands Answers on Potential Ethics Violation by Verma
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced a letter seeking information to determine whether Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma violated her ethics agreement by speaking to Dennis Smith, Special Advisor on Medicaid for the Arkansas Department of Human Services. Verma’s ethics agreement barred […]
Wyden Statement on CBO Analysis of the Long-Term Impact of Trumpcare’s Medicaid Cuts
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement following the release of an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office on the Senate Republican health care bill’s long term impact on Medicaid: “This analysis makes clear that the massive cuts to Medicaid are only going to get worse,” Wyden said. “These cuts […]
Trumpcare Means Higher Costs for Less Coverage
Washington, D.C. – Trumpcare will devastate millions of Americans by saddling them with higher health care costs through steep deductibles or sky-high premiums for health insurance. How much higher could deductibles go? The deductible for an average benchmark plan would go from $3,500 to $6,000, and would cover far fewer services. But for many middle […]
Wyden Asks for Analysis of Long-Term Impact of Republican Medicaid Cuts
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall, asking the agency to examine and make public an analysis of the Senate Republican health bill’s Medicaid cuts beyond the 10 year budget window. This analysis is needed because the legislation’s […]
Wyden Explains Destructive Consequences of Senate Health Bill
It’s been a rough day for the Senate Republican health care plan. Earlier this morning, we had our first opportunity to look at this bill in the light of day. The debate that unfolded on this floor made it clear that our colleagues are committed to a partisan scheme to jam their bill through at […]
Wyden Statement on Senate Republican Health Care Draft
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on the Senate Republican’s health care draft, released earlier today: “The House and Senate bills should be known as ‘mean’ and ‘meaner.’” Wyden said. “Republicans will keep telling Americans they’re fixing their health care right up until the minute it’s taken away. After […]
Wyden Decries Trumpcare’s Attacks on Women’s Health
A Senate vote on Trumpcare is just days away, we’re told, even though the bill remains hidden in the shadows. So I’m here with my colleagues this afternoon to shine a light on the extraordinary harm Trumpcare would do to women’s health across America, and to call on the public to stand up and say […]
Wyden and Neal Lead the Call For Transparent, Thorough Process on Steel And Aluminum Investigations
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Ranking Member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., led 16 members of Congress calling on the executive branch not to use a secretive process for national security investigations into steel and aluminum imports. “Given the significant implications these proceedings could […]