WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration recently proposed a one-size-fits-all federal nurse staffing mandate, despite overwhelming evidence that such a policy would be ...
Nearly three years after President Trump signed into law the No Surprises Act, which contained historic new consumer protections for patients and their families against surprise medical billing, the Administration has struggled to fully implement the law as Congress wrote it. As members
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA – During visits to three health care facilities in eastern North Carolina, members of the Ways and Means Committee met with and heard directly from doctors, nurses, patients, and local leaders about the difficulty of accessing quality health care in rural America. Having to rely on larger urban hospitals for specialized care, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans would have more opportunities to save for and afford health care costs under legislation approved today by the House Ways and Means Committee that makes an existing health care financing tool, the health savings account (HSA), more accessible and useful for patients ...
As prepared for delivery. "The Ways and Means Committee has been focused on lowering the cost of health care and giving working families more health care options. "During a hearing back in May, Committee members heard testimony on the benefits of Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, for families. HSAs allow and encourage ...
WASHINGTON – Patients are losing access to care and their health insurance covers fewer doctors, while medical providers are struggling to get reimbursed for services provided, all because of the flawed implementation of the bipartisan No Surprises Act of 2020. At a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee, witnesses testified that the system set up by unelected federal ...
As prepared for delivery. "Three years ago, Congress passed the bipartisan No Surprises Act to end surprise medical bills for good. American patients were in desperate need of these protections as too many had come face to face with medical bills from being treated without their knowledge by an out-of-network doctor. It left them on the hook for tens and ...
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI – On a tour of health care facilities throughout southeast Missouri, doctors, hospitals, health care workers, and local leaders met with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) to examine the harsh realities of access to quality health care in rural America. Folks shared stories of the challenges ...
WASHINGTON — New bipartisan legislation to increase health care price transparency and lower overall costs for patients and employers was introduced today by House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), House Energy and Commerce Committee ...
As part of the Committee’s work on expanding access to health care for more Americans, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released an open letter to the health care community today requesting comments and input on solutions, with a focus on bold, new proposals, that can ...