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TIBERI STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATS’ $200 BILLION DOC “FIX” BILL
Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) today issued the following statement regarding the vote on the Democrats’ Doc “Fix” bill that would add more than $200 billion to the national deficit:“I have supported and continue to support measures to assist our doctors who treat Medicare patients, but this bil...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL: The Worst Bill Ever
Nov 2, 2009
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she's prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that's what it takes to pass ObamaCare, and little wonder. The health bill she unwrapped last Thursday, which President Obama hailed as a "critical milestone," may well be the worst piece of post-N...
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: A GOP health plan
Oct 28, 2009
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Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have spent the spring, summer and fall grappling with how to fix the health care system. They're still trying to craft a bill they can sell to Americans -- or even explain in plain English.And the Republicans? Well, as the minority party, they're mainly on the ...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: COLUMBUS DISPATCH EDITORIAL: Honest accounting
Oct 19, 2009
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The Dispatch does not have room to publish all letters to the editor. Many appear online only. Click here to read them.When the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the so-called Baucus bill to overhaul health care, it was hailed as a historic occasion. More realistically, it's just a pause ...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: PLAIN DEALER: Health care battles in Congress obscure parties' common ground; Republican proposals for reform get little attention
Oct 17, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- In the increasingly partisan debate over health care, Democrats often portray Republicans as obstructionists with no plan of their own. Yet Republicans in Congress have crafted several health care reform proposals that aren't getting much attention because their party is not in power. ...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: FORBES OP/ED: Obama's Medicare Disadvantage
Sep 29, 2009
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Medicare Advantage is a recently instituted federal program that allows individuals eligible for Medicare to opt to take their coverage from a private carrier, such as a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) of Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). These MA deals usually offer somewhat better cover...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL:Medicare and Gag Orders
Sep 24, 2009
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Maybe Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus should put a gag order on Douglas Elmendorf too. On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office director told Mr. Baucus's committee that its plan to cut $123 billion from Medicare Advantage—the program that gives almost one-fourth of seniors private health-insu...
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TIBERI: GAG ORDER RIDICULOUS, ADMINISTRATION SHOULDN’T CENSOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION
Sep 22, 2009
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U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) order that Medicare Advantage Plan providers stop informing their enrollees about possible changes in their plans as a result of President Barack Obama’s proposed healthca...
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Democratic Healthcare Plan = Bureaucratic Nightmare
Jul 15, 2009
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Thisis the Democrats vision to reform healthcare. As this chart shows, theirplan includes government-run healthcare where bureaucrats would makedecisions about the type of treatment you would receive, when you would receiveit, and who would provide it. There's an easier way. CongressmanTiberi be...
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TIBERI: ANOTHER DIRE WARNING SHOULD PROMPT MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
May 12, 2009
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U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), a member of the Ways and Means Committee issued the following statement after the Trustees of Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds issued their annual report:
“Once again this report indicates we must take action to reform our Medicare and Social Security ...
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