ObamaCare: Another Day, Another Delay
ObamaCare, the president’s signature domestic policy achievement, turns four at the end of the week. But after so many missed deadlines, delays and unilateral changes to the new law the American people have more cause for confusion than celebration. Here’s a quick look at the growing list of shifts in deadlines and major adjustments to […]
Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort Underway to Advance Medicare Post-Acute Reform
Washington, DC – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), along with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) released a discussion draft titled, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act of 2014). The IMPACT Act of 2014 […]
Wyden Seeks Bold Ideas to Strengthen Middle Class
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led a hearing examining innovative approaches to strengthen and expand the middle class. The committee heard compelling testimony from economists and other experts on the challenges the middle class is facing today and recommended policies to address those challenges. “We have to focus on getting more […]
Hatch, Alexander, Thune, 22 GOP Colleagues Call on Administration to Immediately Rescind Rule Giving Unions a Carveout from Obamacare
WASHINGTON, March 13 – Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and 22 of their Republican colleagues today called on the Obama administration to immediately rescind its rule creating an unwarranted special carveout for some unions from Obamacare fees. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell, the senators […]
Wyden Urges Needed Medicare Reforms
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke on the Senate floor in support of legislation that resolves longstanding problems with Medicare’s payment formula for physicians, and provides a wide range of reforms that improve care for seniors and increase transparency and accountability. “If Congress fails to fully repeal the flawed Medicare payment formula […]
Hearing Statement of Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) On Innovative Ways to Sustain and Expand the Middle Class
A century ago, shortly after the Ford Motor Company introduced its Model T, Henry Ford shocked the business world by increasing his workers’ pay to five dollars a day. It was more than double the going rate, but Ford knew it would guarantee he would have the best workforce in Detroit. It also meant his […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Ways to Strengthen & Expand the Middle Class
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining ways to strengthen and expand the middle class: Focusing on the middle class is, of course, always a safe political landing spot. A host of surveys reveals that many Americans […]
In Speech, Hatch Outlines Opposition to Senate Democrats ‘Doc Fix’ Proposal
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said efforts by Senate Democrats to advance bipartisan, bicameral legislation (S. 2000) to fully repeal and replace the broken the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula without paying for it was “another partisan political ploy” and called […]
Wyden, Hatch Welcome CMS Decision to Rollback Changes to Medicare Prescription Drug Program
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, welcomed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner decision to rollback its plans to overhaul the Medicare prescription drug program. “This is good news and shows that the administration shares our concerns about potential disruptions […]
Wyden, Hatch Welcome CMS Decision to Rollback Changes to Medicare Prescription Drug Program
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, welcomed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner decision to rollback its plans to overhaul the Medicare prescription drug program. “This is good news and shows that the administration shares our concerns about potential disruptions […]