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Burgess Introduces Health Care Legislation that will Protect Jobs and Foster Innovation for Patients

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Tags: Health Care, Social Security and Entitlements, Government Reform, Food and Product Safety

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) introduced two health care bills that will foster innovation and lead to job creation and growth. The Cultivating Scientific Expertise to Foster Innovation for Patients Act, H.R. 3206, and the Modernizing Laboratory Test Standards for Patients Act, H.R. 3207, are aimed at loosening excessive regulations on American manufactures and laboratories. The Energy and Commerce Committee prepared this memo summarizing the committee’s findings and the ten legislative solutions, two of which are the bills Dr. Burgess introduced.

Burgess: Select Committee Needs to Put PPACA on the Table

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Tags: Health Care, Veterans Affairs, Economy, Social Security and Entitlements, Budget and Spending, Government Reform

Washington, D.C. – The Washington Times has published an op-ed by Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26), discussing how the Select Committee needs to puts the health care law on the table as they are with other entitlement programs. Dr. Burgess is the Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health and Chairman of the Congressional Health Care Caucus. You can view the op-ed below. To read it online click here.