News List

  • Roe Sends Multi-Member Letter to Appropriators Requesting the House Defund the IPAB
    Apr 17, 2013  - WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), joined by 39 members, sent the following letter to House Appropriators requesting they defund the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): “As you prepare the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014, we ask that you eliminat... More
  • A One-Size-Fits-All Approach Won’t Achieve Health Care Reform
    Mar 28, 2013  - Yesterday, Governor Haslam announced that the state of Tennessee would not expand Medicaid as envisioned by President Obama under the Affordable Care Act. The federal government’s insistence on a one-size-fits-all approach under Medicaid is a poor solution for solving our health insurance access pro... More
  • Roe Statement on Medicaid Expansion Decision
    Mar 27, 2013  - WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Roe, M.D. (R-TN) released the following statement regarding Governor Haslam's decision not expand Medicaid in the state of Tennessee: “I applaud the Governor’s decision. Expanding a broken system would do more harm than good. The Affordable Care Act left states with a g... More
  • Health insurance exchanges burden states with new slew of regulations
    Feb 13, 2013  - Across the country, states and individuals are dealing with the new regulations and costs being imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), more commonly known as ObamaCare. Among the most burdensome regulations states face is making the decision of whether or not to set up st... More
  • Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare
    Jan 23, 2013  - President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), which ironically is unaffordable, is also bad medicine for America. The president predicted that after passing the ACA premiums would be cut by $2,500, but instead the average premium has increased by more than $3,000. You’ve probably read about the 21 ne... More
  • Roe Reintroduces IPAB Repeal Legislation
    Jan 23, 2013  - WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) released the following statement on H.R. 351, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act. This legislation would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): “I am proud to reintroduce this important legislation. As a physician with mo... More
  • Roe Urges Speaker Boehner to Include IPAB Repeal in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
    Dec 17, 2012  - WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (TN) sent the following letter to Speaker Boehner urging him to repeal the IPAB as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations: “As you continue negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff, I ask that you include repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPA... More
  • The Affordable Care Act Proving Unaffordable For States
    Dec 12, 2012  - In 2010, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said to find out what was in President Obama’s health care bill Congress would have to pass it. After nearly three years, it has become obvious why Congressional Democrats wanted to hide the facts from the public before the president’s health care bill bec... More
  • Roe Statement on Tennessee’s Decision Not to Set Up Health Insurance Exchange
    Dec 10, 2012  - WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (TN) released the following statement on Tennessee’s decision not to set up a health insurance exchange: “Governor Haslam’s decision further underscores the challenges not just for Tennessee, but nationwide, that will stem from the president’s health care... More
  • New Health Care Challenges Coming With New Year
    Oct 25, 2012  - As 2012 comes to a close, we face many challenges: averting the fiscal cliff that could send us spiraling back into a recession, tackling our crippling deficit and the dire need to balance our budget. But equally worrisome are the sweeping changes coming to our health care system in the new year. Th... More