Joe Pitts

Mostly I hear from constituents who had their work hours cut as companies try to avoid skyrocketing costs imposed by the law.

I have long advocated for strengthening Medicare and Social Security, and I am concerned that this budget makes some hurtful cuts to the programs.

We should not stand by and watch Americans with pre-existing conditions be left out of the plan that was intended to give them coverage.

Congress should not tolerate regulations that drive up costs for struggling businesses.

The American people were told by the President that each family would save $2,500 a year.

We should not tolerate a government law that makes it harder for our constituents to find and keep a full-time job.

When the government makes it more expensive and more complex to hire workers, companies will hold back on hiring.

The law is simply not working as advertised.

While the budget request is 65 days late, and both the House and Senate have already passed their respective budget resolutions, it is still important that the country know what the Administration's priorities are for the upcoming fiscal…

I will continue to look for ways to make health care more affordable, more accessible and simpler for the American people.

The law was sold as saving the American people money.

But what Republicans want to do when they talk about reform is to cut the structural foundation of Medicare, turn the whole thing over to insurance companies, and I can tell you right now that that option is simply a nonstarter.

Almost 90% of beneficiaries purchase or receive supplemental insurance.

Seniors are left open to considerable financial risk and uncertainty.

It is important for us to understand Medicare's current benefit structure and look at ways to modernize it.

Nearly 50 million seniors rely on the Medicare program for their health care.

If Congress is concerned about low-income people and the impact of this on low-income people, a much more targeted approach would be to change eligibility for the Medicare savings programs.

Nearly 50 years have passed, and Medicare's model has become outdated. Seniors deserve a modern product that meets their needs and helps them control cost.

Seniors deserve an insurance product that reflects the current health care system, not that of the last century.

This has been an excellent hearing, very, very important issue

That is something we should do and that should be a higher priority perhaps than subsidizing everyone's insurance all the way up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level.

The added burden of not knowing if your CLL treatments will be covered must add unneeded stress to your life as a single mother, does it not?

I was prepared to answer that challenge had it arisen by introducing The Guaranteed Access to Health Insurance Act of 2012 prior to the Court's decision.

As a physician, ensuring those with pre-existing conditions have access to affordable health insurance is a top priority for me.

At the time of the health care law's passage, Republicans argued that the funding level was too low and would not cover all of those it was meant to help.