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Arrington Statement on GAO Report Finding Rampant Fraud in Obamacare Premium Tax Credit

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Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement reacting to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found rampant fraud in the Obamacare subsidy program:   “A bombshell GAO report has exposed the rampant fraud plaguing Democrats’ expanded Obamacare subsidies, which have effectively no…

Arrington Fights to Lower Health Care Costs, Increase Transparency

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, bipartisan legislation to promote transparency in health care, crack down on anti-competitive practices, and remove restrictions preventing competition in health care markets. “Americans are paying too much for too little health care,” said…

Arrington Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Rural Health Care Access and Shield Patients from Overdue Bills

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve Medicare Advantage’s (MA) billing practices, offer certainty for health care providers who contract with MA plans, and ensure that seniors aren’t stuck with unfair, confusing, or delayed bills after receiving…

Arrington Advances Groundbreaking Cancer Detection Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated his Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R.842) being advanced unanimously out of the Ways and Means Committee (43-0). This legislation would ensure multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests are covered by Medicare in a timely…

Arrington Leads Fight Against Foreign Countries Increasing Drug Costs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the USTRx Act, legislation that creates a Chief Pharmaceutical Trade Negotiator at USTR, who would have the responsibility of identifying foreign price controls on drugs innovated in the United States that increase costs for American patients. This negotiator would issue an annual report on these…

Arrington Introduces ETHIC Act to Increase Competition in the Prescription Drug Market

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in introducing the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act, legislation to lower prescription drug costs by addressing patent gamesmanship. “America leads the world in medical innovation and Congress understands the necessity of strong IP protections.…