Both parties agree we need to lower healthcare costs & it starts w/ #StopTheHIT. See my bipartisan op-ed w/ @RepBera https://t.co/6CNzV1RthK — Rep. Erik Paulsen (@RepErikPaulsen) October 11, 2017 The OpED [highlights below] Let’s find bipartisan solution to rising health care costs Providing Americans with access to quality, affordable health care is not a partisan […]
The Power of the Tweet is undeniable in the Age of Trump … after all, is there any better way to communicate with your constituents (of course there is, it’s called an open public town hall meeting.) Sometimes they can be direct … like this one Thank you to all the brave men and women […]
It wasn’t alternative facts when Congressman Tom Price R-GA-06 offered H.R. 4848 “Healthy Inpatient Procedures Act of 2016” or the “HIP Act” … it was greed. Background : Medicare had announced a new regulation – Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model. The CJR model’s goal was to give hospitals a financial incentive to work with […]
Visited 4 local #meddevice companies today. 2-yr suspension of med device tax means investing in R&D and more jobs. pic.twitter.com/qDKCXOkD9K — Rep. Erik Paulsen (@RepErikPaulsen) December 22, 2015 The media called it a “victory lap” … for a two-year suspension of the medical device excise tax. And as Erik Paulsen said “the reality is that, […]
There’s only eight days left before “Elf” Paulsen and the House head home for the Christmas holidays … and everyone is wonder what “presents” will Representative Paulsen be bringing home to Minnesota’s Third District. “Presents” are always appreciated, but we all know that somehow and at some time, these “presents” will have to be paid. […]
Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee subcommittee held a field hearing on the harmful “Effects of the President’s Health Care Law”. Chairman John Kline’s presence was not noted … which is too bad because there was some good medical advice offered … especially when John Kline is so concerned about “putting bureaucrats between Americans […]
QUERY : Will you vote for someone who : #1.) Was named as one of the 100 Congressional “Champion” or “Defender” by the First Focus Campaign for Children ? Or, #2.) Was named as one of the 166 Congressional “SuperHero” or “Hero” by The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) ? While you ponder […]
Yep, you read that title correctly … according to the Transamerica Center for Health Studies, 28 percent of employers actually expect their number of employees to increase due to the Affordable Care Act. That number is up from the 2013 survey where 20 percent of the employers expected to increase employment. Interestingly only 7% of […]
Finally, the MDETShutdown Is Over ! Yep, the Twitter #GOPShutdown got a lot of activity over the past few weeks, but it really was a collaboration of a lot of complaints ranging from “people who won’t work but getting food stamps” to the concern that “Obama is spending our children’s future”. Yet, for some, led […]
Listen to John Kline (R-MN-02) as he tells America that all the Republicans want “is a conversation” because the Democrats and President Obama “refuse to negotiate”. Check the date stamp on the video … it was TODAY … October 8th. Gosh, it certainly is good that Mr. Kline finally has spoken … it has been […]
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