Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, issued the following statement on the ruling of the D.C. District Court in the case United States House of Representatives v. Burwell. “This is not only a great victory for the United States House Committee on Rules which crafted the resolution that resulted in the first of its kind ruling by the D.C. District Court, but also for the constit... Read more

It’s too expensive and takes too long to move medical discoveries to the patient's bedside, and federal support and funding for biomedical research in the United States has dropped more than 22 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since 2003. Medical doctors, Ph.Ds and politicians gathered Tuesday at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas to discuss the 21st Century Cures Act. The legislation to support biomedical research recently passed the U.S. House and is being considered by the Senate.... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., commended the House of Representatives Wednesday after the passage of H.R. 2196, “the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015.” The bill extends the Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program (IAH) – already proven to cut costs while providing valuable benefits to high-need beneficiaries – from 3 to 5 years. “I commend my colleagues for extending this commonsense program for our most vulnerable... Read more

Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., today, joined U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), as well as Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) today to introduce The Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation ends special treatment to a small number of medical schools in the Caribbean that, in 2012, took in more than $450 million in U.S. Department of Education Title IV funding – two-thirds of all Title IV dollars that go to foreign medical s... Read more

After The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new HIV-positive organ donor final rule late last week, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., commended the provision. The rule, resulting from the “HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act of 2013,” will allow those infected with HIV to donate their organs to other HIV-positive patients participating in clinical research. Rep. Burgess cosponsored the HOPE Act. “It is gratifying to see this lifesaving law beginning to take shape,” Rep. B... Read more

Washington, D.C. – After the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2, the “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015,” last night, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., commended the 98-2 vote, which assertively repealed the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. “After more than a decade of uneven progress, it’s almost overwhelming to think that more than 90 percent of Congress finally voted to repeal the SGR. With bipartisan strength, we passed the most meaningful entitlement... Read more

Fort Worth Star-Telegram April 3, 2015 At town-hall meetings and events across greater Fort Worth, seniors ask me repeatedly why they had to change doctors when they enrolled in Medicare. Doctors and care providers tell me that they simply cannot afford to continue caring for Medicare patients because they are threatened with reimbursements that fall short of service costs. Simply put, The Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR) is the top culprit. I’ve been trying to repeal it ever since I came t... Read more

Today, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., oversaw the passage of his bill, H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, to repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and replace it with a long-term sustainable plan. The agreement marks a critical advancement for entitlement reform, and is the result of intricate – long fought – efforts to promote higher quality care and access for seniors. “This is the first step toward real, meaningful, entitlement reform,” Burgess ... Read more

Congressman Michael C. Burgess today, introduced H.R. 1470, the “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015,” which repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and replaces it with a long-term sustainable plan. The bipartisan bill is an important advancement in long-fought efforts to comprehensively reform the Medicare system in order to promote higher quality care for seniors, physicians, and providers. The legislation will prevent harmful cuts to Medicare provide... Read more

Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., and Congressman Gene Greene’s trauma funding reauthorization bills were passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 647, the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, and H.R. 648, the Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorizations Act, passed with strong bipartisan support. The measures will reauthorize critical trauma and emergency preparedness grants, address shortfalls in trauma services, and wor... Read more