Health Care

President’s Health Care Plan – Two Years Later Two years ago last week, the President signed his controversial health care bill into law.  This week, ironically, the Supreme Court will hear roughly six hours of oral arguments to determine if several provisions of the law are constitutional. To be clear, the health care system in our country does need reform, but that reform should… Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following statement regarding his vote to oppose the Protecting Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act (H.R. 5):   "I wholeheartedly support the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), but I can’t support it when combined with the PATH Act.  I’ve twice voted against this bill, in committee and on the Floor, because I believe it… Read more »

Protecting and Preserving Medicare While Republicans in Congress have attempted to find practical solutions to this growing crisis, President Obama’s “solution” is to put more Washington bureaucrats in charge and cut billions out of Medicare.  One example of this “solution” was the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in ObamaCare (PPACA).  IPAB is a board… Read more »

In my opinion, Obama Care will negatively impact our budget and the quality of health care in America. The CLASS program is another concrete example of why Obama Care is not a viable solution to our nation’s health care needs. Even the Obama Administration has admitted that the CLASS program is unworkable and abandoned its implementation. However, the financially unsustainable program remains on the books. Read more »

“Ninth District seniors have only a few days remaining to make optional changes to their Medicare coverage for 2012,” said Congressman Griffith. Read more »

“Ninth District seniors have another month to make optional changes to their Medicare coverage for 2012,” said Congressman Griffith. Read more »