Hearing Description: The Health Subcommittee recently met to continue their examination of Medicare benefits redesign. The committee questioned policy experts on what ways the government could modernize the program to better suit the elderly. Hearing […]
Hearing Description: The Health subcommittee met to examine how the government can better address the prescription drug abuse epidemic the country is currently facing. Widespread prescription drug abuse is a serious problem and the committee […]
Hearing Description: The Health Subcommittee recently met to review the draft legislation designed to repeal the current SGR (Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate) and replace it with a more sensible reimbursement program. Representatives in the subcommittee […]
Hearing Description: The Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce recently invited HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to testify and answer questions regarding the HHS FY 2014 Budget. She outlined many new initiatives […]
Hearing Description: The Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee recently convened to question witnesses on the state of health insurance premiums for people with pre-existing conditions. The consensus among witnesses was that the PCIP (Pre-existing Condition […]
Hearing Description: The Energy and Commerce Committee has held 3 separate hearings this week on mobile medical applications. The central theme of the hearings was how regulated mobile medical apps should be, and if an […]
Hearing Description: The Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on how exactly health insurance premiums would be affected by the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA). In a partisan split, some witnesses believed the provisions of the […]
