Seniors

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement on H.R. 351, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act.  The legislation was introduced today by Congressman Phil Roe (R-TN) to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.  Griffith is one of 83 original bipartisan… Read more »

The Young, the Old, and Everyone in Between Taxes In last week’s column, I pointed out just two of the bad ideas included in President Obama’s health care law, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ObamaCare. In both cases – the Individual Mandate Tax and the Tax on Small Businesses and Self-Employed Individuals – I think it’s important that people understand that hardworking… Read more »

ObamaCare:  The Ruling and What It Means On Thursday, June 28th, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care law, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ObamaCare.  The Court found that the requirement to own insurance is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause.  This is good news because it places a clear… Read more »

Week In Review We are one week closer to hearing the Supreme Court’s verdict in the health care case (commonly referred to as ObamaCare).  A decision is expected any day now.  In light of the impending news, I continue to seek the input and insight of my constituents on health care policy – what works, what doesn’t, what changes need to be made, etc.  Last week I had the… Read more »

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 »

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 »