Ron Wyden

The more you reduce carbon emissions, the bigger your tax savings.

I am very troubled about the fact that after we made all that progress over ten years, we still get held up in red tape and bureaucracy.

I would like to join you both.

Technological neutrality really grew out of those meetings that we started in June 2012.

We are going to have to bring together Democrats and Republicans, as Chairman Manchin talks about.

This is the biggest investment in climate, and as Chairman Manchin has always talked about, a sensible energy policy for the future.

Chairman Wyden highlighted during the hearing, Senate Finance Committee staff operating as 'secret shoppers' could successfully make appointments only 18% of the time.

In a moment of national crisis about mental health, with the problems growing at such a rapid rate, the widespread existence of ghost networks is unacceptable.

My view is that insurance companies have gotten a free pass for too long letting ghost networks run rampant.

I'm always an advocate for greater transparency that allows consumers and advocates to compare plans.

It's time for that to change.

When someone who's worried about their mental health or the mental health of a loved one finally works up the courage to pick up the phone and try to get help, the last thing they need is a symphony of 'please hold' music, non-working…

In my view, it's a breach of contract for insurance companies to sell their plans for thousands of dollars each month while their product is unusable due to a ghost network.

The Behavioral Health Network and Directory Improvement Act (S. 5093), introduced last Congress by Senator Smith and Chairman Wyden, would require audits of plans' provider directories.

Too often, Americans who need affordable mental health care hit a dead end when they try to find a provider that's covered by their insurance. Ghost networks mean that the lists of mental health providers in insurance company directories…

Too often Americans who need affordable mental health care hit a dead end when they try to find a provider that is covered by their insurance. Ghost networks mean that the lists of mental health providers in insurance company directories…

I believe, certainly, greater transparency, for example, ought to be an easy one for members of this committee to get around.

Ghost networks are an ongoing, persistent problem.

The widespread existence of ghost networks is unacceptable.

I am going to work with all of my colleagues here on both sides, Democratic and Republican, to get some real accountability for these patients who pay good money for mental health coverage and then find that there is very little 'there'…

The fact is, these Americans are being ripped off by what the Government Accountability Office has described as a 'ghost network.'

It is a breach of contract for insurance companies to sell their plans worth thousands of dollars each month, while their product is unusable.

What a ghost network is all about is essentially selling health coverage under false pretenses.

In any other business, if a product or service does not meet expectations, consumers get a refund.

Chairman Wyden highlighted during the hearing, Senate Finance Committee staff operating as 'secret shoppers' could successfully make appointments only 18% of the time.