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Opening Statement of Ways and Means Committee Chairman at Hearing on Status of ACA Implementation

Prepared remarks of Rep. Dave Camp (R-TX). Excerpt: "It has been over three years since the law was passed, and in just 60 days the Exchanges are due to be up and running, but we still do not have answers to many crucial questions -- and worse yet, neither do the American people. How is the average, hardworking taxpayer expected to navigate the ObamaCare exchanges in just a few short months when the Administration has provided no information as to what the real cost will be or what their health insurance will look like?"

Floor Statement of Ways and Means Committee Chairman Regarding H.R. 2009, the 'Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act'

"Even the agency's own watchdog says the IRS cannot handle the job. Less than two weeks ago, the independent Treasury Inspector General stated they are not confident about the IRS's ability to protect confidential taxpayer information or to prevent fraud. Well, neither am I -- and by every indication, neither are the American people."

New York Times Gets It Wrong, Again, on ObamaCare

"Yesterday, The New York Times, a consistent cheerleader for ObamaCare, questions: Is the Affordable Care Act Working? It should come as no surprise that the article states, as if it were fact, that 'For now, dire warnings that the law would cause premiums for most people to rise sharply have proved unfounded.' The truth? As [a recent] Forbes article cites, new health research shows that non-group premiums (those policies families and individuals have to buy on their own instead of getting one from their employer) in 44 states have increased by an average of 24.4 percent versus what was expected prior to enactment of ObamaCare."

Obamacare Application: New and Not Improved

"Only an out-of-touch Washington bureaucracy would hold a press conference touting 'simplification' for taking one form and changing it to three forms with multiple appendices."