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Report of House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Drug Pricing Investigation (PDF)

269 pages. "Although the markets for these products differ, the Committee uncovered common practices that cut across the industry. First, drug companies have raised prices with abandon, especially when they succeed in delaying or blocking competition.... Second, companies have manipulated the patent system and marketing exclusivities granted by the [FDA] to extend their monopolies far longer than lawmakers envisioned when they created these systems.... Third, all the companies the Committee investigated have employed anticompetitive strategies to suppress generic competition.... These practices persist because the highly complex U.S. pharmaceutical market creates perverse incentives to raise prices, and unlike in other countries, drug companies can do so without limitation."

U.S. House Oversight Committee Preliminary Staff Report on Risks of Fraud and Misinformation with Obamacare Outreach Campaign: How Navigator and Assister Program Mismanagement Endangers Consumers (PDF)

30 pages. Excerpt: "Although the structure of the Navigator and Assister programs could potentially lead to consumers receiving incomplete and inaccurate information about the law, the main concern for consumers is the heightened risk of identity theft and financial loss from a poorly managed outreach campaign.... In addition to the risks associated with an insufficient training program and the lack of background checks, there are already numerous reports of scam artists posing as Navigators and Assisters to take advantage of people's confusion about ObamaCare .... The failure of the Administration to provide clarity about prohibited marketing and solicitation techniques and to provide consumers with a list of authenticated Navigators and Assisters substantially increases the number of Americans likely to fail prey to fraud and identity theft."

House Oversight Committee Hearing Addresses SIGTARP's Report on Treasury's Role in the Delphi Pension Bailout

At the link are video of the September 11, 2013, hearing, along with links to testimony by witnesses: The Honorable Christy L. Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program; Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Managing Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, U.S. Government Accountability Office; A. Nicole Clowers, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Matthew A. Feldman, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP; Steven Rattner, Chairman, Willett Advisors, LLC; Harry J. Wilson, Chairman & CEO, MAEVA Group, LLC; and Harvey R. Miller, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

House Oversight Committee Hearing on Obamacare Implementation: The Rollout of Healthcare.gov

Page includes video of hearing, and links to statements by witnesses: [1] Frank Baitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Technology, HHS; [2] Henry Chao, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Deputy Director of the Office of Information Services, CMS; [3] Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House; [4] Steve VanRoekel, U.S. Chief Information Officer and Administrator, Office of Electronic Government, OMB; [5] David Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, GAO; [6] Richard A. Spires, Former Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and [7] Karen Evans, Partner, KE&T Partners, LLC.

House Oversight Committee to Hold Hearing on Obamacare Implementation: The Rollout of Healthcare.gov

"The Committee will examine the operational challenges in the development of Healthcare.gov and the extent to which recognized Information Technology (IT) best practices were followed." The hearing will be held Wednesday, November 13. Witnesses to include: [1] Mr. Frank Baitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Technology, HHS; [2] Mr. Henry Chao, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Deputy Director of the Office of Information Services, CMS; [3] Mr. Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House; [4] Mr. Steve VanRoekel, U.S. Chief Information Officer and Administrator, Office of Electronic Government, OMB; and [5] Mr. David Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, GAO.

Transcript of House Oversight Committee Hearing on Obamacare: Why the Need for an Insurance Company Bailout? (PDF)

Feb. 5, 2014; 100 pages. From the opening statement by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa: "This committee and all committees of the Congress have an opportunity to seize better choices in how we fashion health care opportunities for the American people. Health care insurance companies make money off of the Affordable Care Act, and the profit is theirs to keep.... A key question we will ask today is what will trigger the bailout provisions and how will it take effect. Under ObamaCare's risk corridor program, if an insurance company cannot cover the losses of its less successful plans, the Treasury will use taxpayer funds to cover up 80 percent of the loss."

House Oversight Committee to Hold July 31 Hearing on IRS Obamacare Rule

"IRS and Treasury have not been able to provide the Committees with detailed information about the factors considered by IRS and Treasury that expanded the availability of PPACA's tax credits to federal exchanges ... Legal experts at the Congressional Research Service have stated that the IRS rule seems to go against the health law and is 'contradictory to clear congressional intent.' The rule, which adds hundreds of billions of dollars in new and unauthorized federal spending, is currently the subject of two lawsuits challenging its legality. Individuals involved in the legal challenges will be among the hearing witnesses."

House Oversight Committee Hearing: 'Why the Need for an Insurance Company Bailout?'

Page includes video of the hearing, with links to testimony by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President and CEO National Center for Policy Analysis; Doug Badger, former Senior White House Adviser for Health Policy to President George W. Bush; and Prof. Timothy S. Jost, Washington and Lee University. Written testimony was submitted by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the American Academy of Actuaries.

House Oversight Subcommittee to Examine Treasury's Role in Delphi Deal from 2009 'Detroit Bailout'

"House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman John Mica, R.-Fla.... announced a hearing [on Wednesday, September 11] to examine a new inspector general report on the Treasury Department's role in a controversial component of the Obama Administration's 'Detroit bailout.'... Despite assurances that Treasury, as well as the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry (Auto Team) was not supposed to be involved in day-to-day decision-making at GM, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program found in a recent report that the Treasury Department played key roles in decisions at GM, including in the controversial Delphi deal."

House Committee Subpoenas Treasury for Documents on Delphi Pension Deal

"House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., [has] subpoenaed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew for information related to the Committee's investigation into the preferential treatment afforded to Delphi's unionized employees during the bankruptcy and taxpayer-funded bailout of General Motors....Chairman Issa ... noted in a letter to Lew 'Nearly a year after the Committee's last request, the Department still had not fully responded; the Department instead provided only a fraction of the responsive documents.'"