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House Committee Leaders Request Information from UnitedHealth Group about Change Healthcare Cyberattack (PDF)
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Apr. 15, 2024
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Apr. 15, 2024
"The health care system is rapidly consolidating at virtually every level, creating fewer redundancies and more vulnerability to the entire system if an entity with significant market share at any level of the system is compromised. It is important for policymakers to understand the events leading up to, during, and after the Change Healthcare cyberattack. In order to understand better the steps UnitedHealth has taken to address this situation, we request information about the impact of the cyberattack, the actions the company is taking to secure its systems, and the outreach to the health care community in the aftermath."
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House Subcommittee Hearing: Health Care Spending in the United States Is Unsustainable for Patients, Employers, and Taxpayers
Health Subcommittee, Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Jan. 31, 2024
Health Subcommittee, Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Jan. 31, 2024
January 31, 2024. Video of hearing, with links to Chair Rodgers Opening Statement and Chair Guthrie Opening Statement and testimony by [1] Chapin White, Ph.D., Director of Health Analysis, Congressional Budget Office; [2] Sophia Tripoli, MPH, Families USA; [3] Mr. Kevin Lyons, New Jersey State Policemen"s Benevolent Association, Inc.; [4] Benedic Ippolito, Ph.D., M.S., American Enterprise Institute; and [5] Katie Martin, MPA, Health Care Cost Institute.
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Impact of Democrats' Drug Price-Setting Scheme (PDF)
Committee on Ways and Means and Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Finance
Aug. 29, 2023
Committee on Ways and Means and Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Finance
Aug. 29, 2023
"The 'Inflation Reduction Act' (IRA) will raise prescription drug prices -- worsen patients' access to care, destroy new cures before they come to market, eliminate American jobs, threaten the United States' leading role in innovative research, and create potential constitutional concerns around government overreach."
4.
House Members Press Cigna for Clarification After Investigative Report Accuses Insurance Company of Denying Claims Without Reading Them
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
May 16, 2023
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
May 16, 2023
"80 percent of Medicare Advantage coverage denials were overturned, suggesting that Cigna's PXDX review process is leading to patients paying out-of-pocket for medical care that should be covered under their insurance policy contract. The Chairs requested Cigna turn over documents related to the PXDX process and answer [specified] questions by May 30, 2023."
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House Health Subcommittee to Hold Markup of 17 Healthcare-Related Bills
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
May 15, 2023
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
May 15, 2023
The May 17 hearing will be open to the public and press and will be live streamed online ... Legislation to be considered is listed with a link to the text of each bill.
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Proposal Would Extend Free COVID-19 Testing Beyond the Public Health Emergency
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Feb. 27, 2022
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Feb. 27, 2022
"The No Surprises for COVID-19 Tests Act [HR 6851] would extend coverage of COVID-19 testing at zero cost-sharing beyond the Public Health Emergency period until December 31, 2023. Insurance companies would be required to continue to provide coverage for related items and services without imposing any cost-sharing, including for health provider office visits, urgent care visits and emergency room visits that result in an order of or administration of a COVID-19 test."
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on 'Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs'
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Mar. 23, 2021
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Mar. 23, 2021
Hearing March 23, 2021, 11:00 a.m. Testimony: [1] Katie Keith, Georgetown University; [2] Dean Cameron, Idaho Department of Insurance; [3] Cindy Mann, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; [4] Marni Jameson Carey, Association of Independent Doctors; [5] Laura LeBrun Hatcher, Little Lobbyists.
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House Committee Chairs Unveil Bill to Make Health Care and Prescription Drugs More Affordable
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
June 24, 2020
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
June 24, 2020
"The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act makes health care more affordable by lowering health insurance premiums with strengthened and expanded affordability assistance. Specifically, the legislation expands eligibility for premium tax credits beyond 400 percent of the federal poverty line and increases the size of tax credits for all income brackets. The legislation creates a national reinsurance program to help cover the costs of consumers with expensive medical conditions, which helps lower premiums, and provides funds to states to help lower deductibles and out-of-pocket costs for everyone. It also offers funding to states to establish their own State-Based Marketplaces, which oftentimes have lower premiums. The legislation also makes prescription drugs more affordable by empowering Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and making those prices available to Americans with private health insurance." [Also available: A one-page summary and a section-by-section.]
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Bipartisan House and Senate Committee Leaders Announce Agreement on Legislation to Lower Health Care Costs
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Dec. 9, 2019
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Dec. 9, 2019
"The Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 will reduce what Americans pay out of their own pockets for health care. It would end surprise billing of patients and include a new system for independent dispute resolution often called arbitration. The legislation also increases prescription drug competition and creates price transparency, funds critical public health programs, including Community Health Centers for five years, and increases the purchasing age of tobacco to 21."
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House Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing on 'Proposals to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage'
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Dec. 9, 2019
Energy & Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Dec. 9, 2019
December 10 hearing. Page includes links to testimony of witnesses: [1] Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University; [2] Peter Morley, patient advocate; [3] Jean Ross, RN, National Nurses United; [4] Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., American Action Forum; and [5] Scott W. Atlas, M.D., Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
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