Hatch on Latest ObamaCare Delay: Asks Where’s the American People’s Delay?
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after it was revealed that the Obama Administration is delaying the launch of the small business health insurance exchanges, because of security concerns: “ObamaCare’s been delayed for big businesses, for some state exchanges and now for […]
Hatch Says New Report Shows Higher Costs, Fewer Choices Under ObamaCare
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today said that a new report released by the Obama Administration that uses incomplete, cherry-picked data only looking at limited segments of the population shows that the President’s health law will increase health care costs. “Having pledged that ObamaCare would lower health care costs and reduce […]
Finance Committee Republicans Demand Answers from Treasury Secretary Lew on Debt Limit
WASHINGTON – In a letter today, Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), demanded Treasury Secretary Jack Lew disclose how long and how great of a debt limit increase the Obama Administration is requesting from Congress. The Senators further called on the Administration to immediately launch discussions to combat the nation’s […]
21 Senate Republicans Urge Against Any Regulation Allowing Obamacare Carve-Out for Unions
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 – A group of 21 Republican senators today urged the administration to prohibit union health plans from receiving a carve-out in Obamacare, specifically premium assistance tax credits that are intended for the uninsured to purchase health insurance – a benefit no non-union member in America would receive. In a letter to the Office […]
Hatch Introduces Legislation to Combat Domestic Youth Sex Trafficking
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation, the Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking, IO YOUTH, that would help combat domestic youth sex trafficking. “There is an epidemic of abuse that is taking place in America today. Some estimates have found […]
Hatch Bill Shields Americans’ Private Information from ObamaCare Fraudsters
WASHINGTON – Citing concerns over the threat of fraud and abuse in the President’s $2.6 trillion health law, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the Trust But Verify Act, legislation to delay enrollment for both the federal and state health insurance exchanges until the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in consultation with the […]
Hatch Says CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook A “Call to Action” on Entitlement Reform
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said today’s Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) long-term budget outlook should serve as a call to action to take up meaningful structural entitlement reforms as a part of the debt ceiling negotiations. Earlier this year, Hatch introduced five bipartisan reform ideas that […]
Hatch on Meeting with IRS Nominee John Koskinen
WASHINGTON – In a meeting today with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) nominee John Koskinen, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, urged full cooperation with a bipartisan committee investigation into the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and raised concerns with the agency’s ability to administer the premium subsidies […]
Hatch, Camp Question Legality of Potential Carve-Out for Unions Under ObamaCare
WASHINGTON – In response to reports that the Obama Administration is considering new regulations to give unions’ multi-employer health plans a special ObamaCare deal that other Americans wouldn’t be eligible for, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew questioning […]
ObamaCare Fraud at the American People’s Expense
Between ingenious scam artists and insufficient training and oversight of ObamaCare’s community organizer “Navigators”- who’ll sign people up for ObamaCare mandated insurance starting on October 1 – millions of Americans from almost every state could be taken for a ride by fraudsters or have their personal information, such as credit card details and Social Security […]