So when he gives a figure of tens of millions of people who are unable to get insurance for a preexisting condition, that number is probably a little bit overstated; is it not?
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.
But isn't it interesting as we sit here this morning on the eve of the third year of the signing of this bill into law that the greatest obstacle to its implementation is actually the administration itself?
Individuals who will not only be affected directly by new taxes, but also indirectly as employers are forced to lower wages.
We need to know who at Department of Energy was held accountable. Who lost their job?
Right now, we have real difficulty in the State of Texas because a lot of providers are not opening their doors to Medicare or Medicaid patients.
I just pray that 10 years from now another Congress is not having another hearing over the same sorts of failures.
How is putting more money into a structurally deficient system, how is it going to make it better?
Back in 2010, Chairman Emeritus Barton was ranking member. He and I wrote to the Secretary expressing our concerns...
I hope this committee continues its due diligence to, not just to expose these problems, but we need to work on solutions.
Well, here we are. The Affordable Care Act is going to be 3 years old in just a few days, and we're continuing to uncover things within the law that nobody knew about. Remember all the stuff that was sold to the public because it was going…





