Dr. Burgess is invited to question Government Oversight and Reform witnesses as a North Texas orthodontist explains her findings documenting the fraudulent use of Medicaid money in dentistry.
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• On April 19, 2012 Congressman Burgess wrote a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius seeking more information regarding actions by a Medicare Administrative Carrier that relate to the reimbursement of Medicare services and the state regulation of the practice of optometry.
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On April 3, 2012, Dr. Mostashari sent a letter signed by Dr. Burgess and five Members of Congress to Commissioner Margaret Hamburg of the Food and Drug Administration and Chairman Julius Genachowski of the Federal Communications Commission regarding the usuage of wireless medical devices.
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U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess, M.D. offers insight from being inside the U.S. Supreme Court chamber for arguments challenging the new health care law's requirement for all Americans to buy health insurance. You can watch the video from KDFW TV below.
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In his weekly address, Dr. Burgess reviews his impressions of listening from inside the Supreme Court Chamber as fundamental questions of the government's relationship to its citizens are explored.
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This week, Dr. Burgess recaps why the House of Representatives voted to repeal the health care act's IPAB, Independent Payment Advisory Board.
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On March 23, 2012, Dr. Burgess and forty-seven Members of Congress sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelus, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, regarding the matters of IPAB.
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Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) made the following statement regarding Thursday’s 223 to 181 vote from the House of Representatives sending a bill to the Senate to repeal one of the more intrusive parts of the Health Care Act.
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