On Sunday, the House passed legislation to avoid a government shutdown by finding common ground with the Senate. The House measure is a reasonable and responsible continuing resolution that delays ObamaCare for a year, repeals the medical device tax, and ensures our troops gets paid if the President and Senate Democrats force a government shutdown.
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On Friday, the House passed H.J.Res 59 the Continuing Appropriations Resolution for 2014, which continues funding the government and defunds the Affordable Care Act.
Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-8) released the following statement regarding the passage of H.J.Res 59:
“While passing a Continuing Resolution is not an ideal outcome, the bill we passed today… Read more »
On Thursday, the House passed H.R. 2775, the No Subsidies Without Verification Act, a bill to ensure that Affordable Care Act exchange subsidies are granted only to consumers who meet the eligibility requirements. H.R. 2775 prohibits the distribution of premium tax credits and cost reduction subsidies before the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General… Read more »
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released an update to their legislative framework that would replace the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. This announcement comes after a draft of the legislation was released at the end of June and is the next step in a… Read more »
In a speech on the House floor yesterday, Representative Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) discussed that the employer and individual mandates in ObamaCare are unfair to hardworking Hoosiers who have suffered lost hours at work or the lost opportunity to find a good-paying, full-time job. He explained that: “It’s hard to find a full-time job when the government… Read more »
On Wednesday, the House passed two bills that give Hoosiers temporary relief from the President’s healthcare law by delaying two of the law’s key component. H.R. 2667, The Authority for Mandate Delay Act, takes the lead from President Obama and delays ObamaCare’s employer mandate. H.R. 2668, The Fairness for American Families Act, delays… Read more »
Representative Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) signed on as an original co-sponsor to the Save American Workers (SAW) Act on Friday. The SAW Act would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s (ObamaCare) arbitrary definition of full-time employment as 30 hours a week. This bill would restore the traditional 40 hour workweek and protects the hours and wages for middle class… Read more »
Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the following statement regarding the draft legislation released by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to permanently fix the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The legislative framework, released today, would replace the current SGR formula with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare… Read more »
“I would urge the Administration and yourself to relook at the medical device tax as a way to fund the Affordable Care Act.”
Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, responding to questions from Rep. Bucshon
At a hearing held by the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) called on Health and Human… Read more »
Yesterday, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 45, a bill to comprehensively repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), most commonly known as Obamacare. H.R. 45 is the first vote for full repeal of Obamacare in the 113th Congress.
Representative Larry Bucshon (IN-08) released the following statement:
“Because of this… Read more »
