New Watchdog Report Spotlights Georgia’s Work Reporting Requirements Failures
The report finds CMS wrongly approved higher federal matching rates for certain administrative costs, wasting taxpayer dollars As a result of the reconciliation bill, millions of Americans across the country will lose their health insurance or see their premiums increase. Washington, D.C. – Today, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report commissioned by Senate Finance […]
Wyden, Gillibrand, Blumenthal Lead Calls to Halt Experiment to Undermine Traditional Medicare
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal led 18 Senate Democrats in a call for the Trump administration to halt a Medicare experiment that would allow private insurance companies and […]
Wyden Statement on Bisignano Comments on the Social Security Retirement Age
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s statement that the Trump administration was considering raising the retirement age: “Trump has already broken promises by raising taxes on typical families and passing a bill that triggered $500 billion in […]
Wyden Continues to Sound the Alarm on Trump Administration Attempts to Deport Unaccompanied Children Into Dangerous Conditions
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sounded the alarm on the Trump administration’s efforts to illegally deport vulnerable unaccompanied children to Guatemala and demanded assurances that the Administration will not resume this effort. Despite court orders preventing the deportation of Guatemalan children, reports suggested that […]
Democratic Committee Leaders Introduce Legislation to Protect Free Vaccines for Americans
Washington, D.C. – Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders introduced legislation today that would protect free vaccine coverage for Americans. The Protecting Free Vaccines Act would require private health insurance companies, Medicaid, and Medicare to continue covering recommended vaccines free of cost-sharing for Americans. The legislation was introduced in the Senate by Finance Committee Ranking Member […]
Premium Spikes, Coverage Loss Will Worsen If Republicans Fail to Act on Tax Credits, CBO Says
Text of CBO Analysis (Link) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. issued a statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the nonpartisan […]
Wyden, Alsobrooks Continue to Build the Case Against RFK Jr.
Washington, D.C. – Another week of RFK Jr.’s reign, another week of bad acts that will harm the American people. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., will continue to release updated actions taken by RFK Jr. and add these acts to their joint report. “Every day Americans are waking up to more headlines […]
Wyden, Cohen, Beyer Introduce the Billionaires Income Tax Act
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today reintroduced the Billionaires Income Tax Act, legislation that would help ensure billionaires pay a fair share in taxes every year just like Americans who work for a living already do. Congressman Steve Cohen (Tenn.-9), and Congressman Don Beyer (Va.-8) introduced identical legislation in […]
Wyden Statement on Partisan Government Funding Bill
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Republicans in the House of Representatives released a short-term government funding bill on a partisan basis. “Republicans are choosing to drive American families headlong into a health care crisis: disastrous premium increases and devastating cuts to Medicaid that […]
Wyden Unveils Comprehensive Account of Robert Kennedy’s Chaotic Appearance Before Finance Committee
Text of the Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a report reviewing the testimony of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a hearing earlier this month, where he made numerous inconsistent, confusing or outright false statements about vaccines as well as […]