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  • Drs. Coburn, Barrasso, Gingrey and Roe Release Report on Coming Insolvency of Medicare
    Apr 17, 2012  - U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), John Barrasso (R-WY) and House Representatives Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Phil Roe (R-TN) released a report today warning that Medicare may not be able to pay health care providers as early as 2016 when the Medicare Trustee’s estimate the Hospital Insurance could ... More
  • Taking The Politics Out Of Medicare
    Feb 7, 2012  - Without swift action, a critical safety net for millions of our nation’s senior citizens—the Medicare program—is facing bankruptcy as soon as 2020. This is an urgent problem but one that can be solved if Congress stops politicizing the issue and works together in a bipartisan way. In the past severa... More
  • Gingrey, Coburn to AARP: Help Us Save Medicare
    Feb 2, 2012  - Today, GOP Doctors Caucus members and Senate physicians released an open letter to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), urging them to join the Caucus’ efforts to salvage Medicare. Unless significant changes are made to the program, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the Medica... More
  • A doctor's Christmas wish list
    Dec 22, 2011  - President Obama has played Santa Claus year-round since coming into office, giving the Americans exorbitant “packages” that have time after time proven to be lumps of coal. Whether it was stimulus one or two, cap and tax or Obamacare, these programs are, in reality, Trojan horses rather than “gifts... More
  • Rep. Gingrey Reviews H.R. 3630
    Dec 13, 2011  - Today, the House is expected to vote on H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, which addresses several key issues that must be resolved by the New Year. In order to create jobs and foster energy independence, this bill directs President Obama to act on the Keystone XL p... More
  • Doctors Caucus Launches Golden Stethoscope Challenge
    Nov 23, 2011  - As co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus, I am excited to announce that the GOP Doctors Caucus will launch a new monthly challenge encouraging Members and their constituents to participate in a health care discussion. At the end of each month, the Member engaging in the most dialogue will receive the p... More
  • Congressman Gingrey Applauds Supreme Court Decision To Review “Disastrous Healthcare Law”
    Nov 14, 2011  - Congressman Phil Gingrey (GA-11) today issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s announcement it will review President Obama’s healthcare reform law: "I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to review President Obama’s disastrous healthcare law. This is a step in the right dir... More
  • Rising Medicare Costs for Seniors
    Oct 18, 2010  - Although Obamacare is the popular nomenclature for H.R. 3590 – otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – the Democrats’ version of health care reform is becoming less and less popular as each day passes. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it best when she said that we would have to ... More
  • "AARP shows more interest in its bottom line than help for seniors"
    Jan 19, 2010  - A Sweetheart Deal By Congressman Phil Gingrey When the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) endorsed the House Democrats’ version of health reform on November 5, 2009, AARP vice president Nancy A. LeaMond said that “we can say with confidence that it meets our priorities for protecting Med... More
  • Urgent Alert on Healthcare
    Dec 20, 2009  - I wanted to give you an update on H.R. 3590, the massive health care bill that will ultimately result in a government takeover. Yesterday, Senator Ben Nelson from Nebraska agreed to a so-called “compromise” on abortion language giving the Democrats their much needed 60th vote to pass their bill. Wit... More