This is a joint document provided by the Committees on Ways and Means and Oversight and Government Reform. Topline: In order to stop payments to dead people, this legislation will remove hurdles to reducing improper payments. Background: The Social Security Administration (SSA) collects death information in order to accurately administer its ...
This is a joint document provided by the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor. Key Points: No American should delay care or face financial ruin because of surprise medical bills. The Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and ...
Whether through greater funding or more flexibility, rural and underserved communities are having their health care needs prioritized in this package. Among other provisions, the package includes: Helping save rural hospitals by letting them become a new Rural Emergency Hospital, which gives them the Medicare funding and flexibility to offer health care services their community ...
House Republicans have ensured meaningful reforms and program integrity requirements will accompany a temporary extension of unemployment programs created by the CARES Act that expire Dec. 31, 2020. Unemployed individuals get an additional $300/week from Dec. 26, 2020 to March 14, 2021. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA): Extends and phases out PUA, a ...
Our legislation provides important assistance to individuals, businesses, and students through the tax code. A more technical description of each provision is provided in the section by section. Another round of cash assistance for workers and families. Expanding on financial relief provided in the CARES Act, individuals with valid SSNs with adjusted gross income up to $75,000 ...
Led by House Republicans, this package creates pro-growth certainty by reforming the one-year expiring temporary tax extenders for the first time since 2015. It also makes permanent strongly supported tax incentives, including from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, extends other traditional tax items for 5 years rather than year-to-year, and eliminates outdated provisions. We hope to include an ...
CLICK HERE to download this information as a PDF. Section I: Health Section II: Oversight
WASHINGTON – Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies. The deal was agreed to by House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Chairman Richard E. ...
WASHINGTON -- The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States Trade Representative announced that it will launch formal consultations under the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) against Canada's implementation of the dairy tariff-rate quota: “Amb. Lighthizer is ...
WASHINGTON -- The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration Stephen Goss asking the Actuary to correct a misleading statement he made to Congress in a recent congressional hearing. Before the House Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Goss ...