Hatch Praises Treasury Dept. for Changing FSA “Use-or-Lose” Rule, Says More Must Be Done
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said he’s pleased that the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have changed the so called “use-or-lose” rule for Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) so that a $500 portion can now be rolled over to the following year. Hatch, who […]
Senate, House Health Leaders Introduce Bipartisan SGR Replacement Proposal
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), released a discussion draft outline to permanently fix the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining the Opportunities & Challenges of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at a committee hearing examining the opportunities and challenges of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Agreement: As we all know, expanding international trade is vital to our economic growth. Unfortunately, the United States […]
Senators Ask Secretary Sebelius Whether Privacy, Security Standards Met For ObamaCare Website
WASHINGTON – Today the eleven Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking whether all federal privacy and security standards were met prior to the launch of HealthCare.gov, the website to sign up for ObamaCare. […]
Hatch: ObamaCare Woes Bigger Than a Tech Problem
WASHINGTON – Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today slammed the President’s health law, saying it would be a “huge mistake to simply write off the problems with ObamaCare as a simple IT problem.” During a speech on the Senate floor, Hatch again called for the delay of the flawed health law that is […]
Hatch on Debt Limit Resolution of Disapproval
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) reiterated the need for concrete, structural reforms to the nation’s entitlement programs a means of reducing the debt and urged his colleagues to join him in supporting S. J. Res. 26, a resolution to disapprove of the President’s […]
Hatch, Grassley Seek Enrollment Data from Key Health Insurance Companies
WASHINGTON – Sen Orrin Hatch of Utah and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa are seeking enrollment data from four key health insurance companies participating in the President’s health care program amid news reports of technical problems inhibiting accurate, successful enrollment. “As we learned from a House hearing today, insurance companies are getting inaccurate and unreliable […]
Hatch, Grassley Request Contractors Detail Role, Work on HealthCare.gov
WASHINGTON – Today, Finance and Judiciary Committee Ranking Members Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters to the 47 different companies that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with to develop, implement, and operate HealthCare.gov, ObamaCare’s online marketplace for the federal health insurance exchanges. The website has been plagued with […]
Senators: Report Confirms Financial Incentives of Physician Owned Distributorships Leads to Increased Surgeries
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) shows a direct correlation between doctors who have a financial relationship in spinal medical device companies, known as Physician Owned Distributorships […]
Hatch Highlights Need for Legislation to Combat Domestic Youth Sex Trafficking
WASHINGTON –Testifying by video before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) highlighted the importance of his legislation, the Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking, IO YOUTH (S. 1518), to help combat domestic youth sex trafficking. “The risk of sex trafficking […]