Hatch, Grassley, Coburn Urge HHS to Exercise Authority to Prevent Waste, Fraud, & Abuse Within Medicare
WASHINGTON –In a letter today, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is not utilizing some of the tools provided within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to safeguard the Medicare […]
Hatch: ObamaCare Continues to be a Budget-Buster for American Families
SALT LAKE CITY – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today said a new independent analysis further exposes skyrocketing health care costs for American families. According to a study by the Society of Actuaries, Americans in the individual market could see their costs rise by 32 percent per month. To put this in […]
Senators React to Special Fraud Alert Involving Physician Owned Entities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today said a new Special Fraud Alert issued by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) regarding Physician Owned Distributorships (PODS) confirms the middleman entities that allow doctors to financially profit from the medical devices […]
Hatch Announces Bill to Guarantee Strong IP Standards for U.S. in Global Trading System
WASHINGTON–To promote competitiveness and protect U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced, the Innovation Through Trade Act, legislation to create a Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to help guarantee strong IP standards are upheld and enforced with […]
Baucus-Hatch Bill Strengthen U.S. Customs Agencies, Helps Boost Job-Creating Trade
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation late Friday to bolster the nation’s job-creating trade agenda by strengthening the trade facilitation and enforcement efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of […]
Hatch, Klobuchar Hail Senate Passage of Amendment Repealing Medical Device Tax
WASHINGTON – This evening, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) praised Senate passage of an amendment they introduced to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Budget Resolution that would repeal the medical device tax that was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The amendment passed by a vote of […]
Hatch Tax Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
MEMORANDUM TO: Reporters and EditorsFROM: Antonia Ferrier and Julia Lawless for Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)RE: Hatch Tax Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 DATE: Thursday, March 21, 2013____________________________________________________________________________ As the Senate begins to debate Democrats first budget blueprint in nearly four years, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member […]
Hatch: Democrats’ Budget Nothing More Than A Call for $1.5 Trillion in Tax Hikes on the Middle Class
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate Floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said that despite Senate Democrats’ claims that the spending contained in their budget would be covered by closing so-called “loopholes,” the reality is that the budget calls for an increase of about $1.5 […]
Hatch Trade Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
MEMORANDUM TO: Reporters and EditorsFROM: Antonia Ferrier &Julia Lawless for Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) RE: Hatch Trade Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 DATE: Thursday, March 21, 2013____________________________________________________________________________ As the Senate begins to debate Democrats first budget blueprint in nearly four years, […]
Hatch Health Care & Human Resources Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
MEMORANDUM TO: Reporters and EditorsFROM: Antonia Ferrier and Julia Lawless for Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) RE: Hatch Health Care & Human Resources Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 DATE: Thursday, March 21, 2013____________________________________________________________________________ As the Senate begins to debate Democrats first budget blueprint […]