Washington, D.C. – Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today released the following statement on the House’s passage of the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, H.R. 4015, which he authored: “I’m happy to report that the House has voted for a bipartisan policy solution to modernize a system that has caused nothing but headaches for America’s seniors and their doctors. The house has voted 17 times for patches or ‘Doc Fixes.’ If the SGR went into effect this April, it would mean a 25% reduction in provider payments. The House has finally declared that we cannot continue t... Read More »
This week, Dr. Burgess discusses General Motors' announcement that it will be recalling more than 1.5 million cars due to an ignition problem that could have potentially been occurring for years. Click here to read a transcript of his remarks. Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of his legislation to repeal and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate, which he introduced last month. Burgess, Vice-Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, said the bill repeals the SGR avoiding potentially devastating across-the-board cuts slated for 2014 and does so at a cost far lower than what Congress has already spent or would likely spend over the next 10 years. “This bill is consistent in its themes throughout: we provide payment stabilit... Read More »
This week, Dr. Burgess discusses the deteriorating situation in the Ukraine and his vision for reasserting American leadership in this realm. To read a copy of his remarks, click here. Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 4118, the Simple Fairness Act, which he said would offer “a legislative solution to help Americans get out from the crushing weight of the so-called Affordable Care Act.” Burgess, Vice-Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, said the bill would give hardworking Americans the same relief President Obama has already given to businesses by delaying the burdensome employer mandate twice in just one year. “Shouldn’t the same relief be provided... Read More »
This week, Dr. Burgess describes legislation he recently introduced that would cease the CIA’s use of drones and instead allow the Pentagon to carry out preemptive drone strikes against pre-arranged targets, as it is designed to do. Click here to read a transcript of the video. Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice-Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, today announced that the GOP Doctors Caucus agreed to the policies in his legislation to repeal and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate, which he introduced earlier this month. In a letter today to House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the members of the Doc Caucus said the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, H.R. 4015 and S. 2000, is the fir... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Vice-Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today delivered the following opening statement as prepared for delivery at a hearing titled “Counterfeit Drugs: Fighting Illegal Supply Chains”: “The market for prescription drugs has been the catalyst for a continuing series of frauds against American manufacturers and has provided the cover for counterfeit drugs. The effect of these practices and conditions is to create an unacceptable risk that counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub-potent or expir... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Vice-Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, today prepared the following opening statement to be delivered at a hearing titled “Messing With Success: How CMS’ Attack on the Part D Program Will Increase Costs and Reduce Choices for Seniors”: "The end of 2013 marked the 10-year anniversary of the creation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. Not only has Part D come in at 45 percent under budget, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has reduced its 10-year projections for Part D by over $100 billion in each ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Reps. Michael Burgess (TX-26) and Gene Green (D-TX) yesterday introduced a bill to reauthorize grant programs to save critical trauma systems in the U.S. The Trauma Systems Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act, H.R. 4080, would reauthorize two important grant mechanisms, the Trauma Care Systems Planning Grants and the Regionalization of Emergency Care Systems. The first supports state and rural development of trauma systems and the second funds pilot projects to design, implement, and evaluate innovative models of regionalized emergency care. It would also d... Read More »
