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WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on "Reforming SGR: Prioritizing Quality in a Modernized Physician Payment System." The hearing comes on the heels of a draft legislative framework released last week by the Energy and Commerce Committee to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the latest step in the open and...

WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today further expanded their examination into reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may have solicited funding or assistance from the health care industry to help implement the president’s health care law. Nearly one month after reports first surfaced that she had solicited two groups on behalf of Enroll America, Sebelius today disclosed that she had, in fact, reached out to three additional health care organizations. During an appearance on...

WASHINGTON, DC – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) responded to today’s release of the 2013 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Report. The Trustees are forecasting that Medicare will go bankrupt in 2026 and Social Security will not be able to fully pay benefits in 2033. Energy and Commerce Republicans have put forward a series of measured, short-term steps to strengthen Medicare for America’s seniors.

Upton and Pitts released the following statement:

"The trustees’ call for...