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Michael Burgess

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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American politician and physician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Burgess has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative work. He has been involved in various committees and has advocated for issues such as medical research and veterans' healthcare. Burgess has also been a vocal supporter of conservative fiscal policies and has participated in discussions surrounding healthcare reform.

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Dec 15, 2013

No, we are not. And we are not going to. I don't know when that coverage will kick in.

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Dec 15, 2013

The President promised if you like your plan, you can keep it; if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor; and that the law would cut annual health insurance costs for a family by $2,500. We now all know that that was not true.

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Dec 3, 2013

The promise was that we are going to use your Medicare dollars as a piggy bank to fund the Affordable Care Act.

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Dec 3, 2013

In my opinion, Medicare Advantage is working, and it is important to hold hearings like this to learn from those successes.

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Dec 3, 2013

So this is a story we are likely to hear repeated over time?

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Dec 3, 2013

The President has sold the Affordable Care Act on just a raft of false promises.

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Dec 3, 2013

So that is taken away from our seniors, the Medicare Advantage plans.

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Dec 3, 2013

It kind of seems like this is a direct consequence of cutting the Medicare Advantage plans by $150 billion.

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Dec 3, 2013

Promises are just that: they are promises.

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Dec 3, 2013

the entirety of the Affordable Care Act was sold to the American people on deception.

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Dec 2, 2013

4 or 5 years ago when health care reform was being talked about on the floor of this House, one of the ideas that the Republicans put forth was increasing competition, the sale of health insurance across State lines. We all see with the…

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Nov 20, 2013

House Resolution 420 provides for the consideration of a critical piece of legislation that was passed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce designed to address the costly and unnecessary delays which many businesses experience when…

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