FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER ON STATE OF THE UNION: ‘AMERICA CAN ONCE AGAIN BE OPTIMISTIC’ WASHINGTON – Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09), who greeted President Donald Trump as he entered the House Chamber tonight, had this reaction to the State of the Union: “Tonight, President Trump made clear to the American people that they can once again be optimistic about the future. In just one short year, President Trump, working together with Republicans in Congress, delivered on his ...
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced Obamacare premiums will rise 14 percent in 2018, blaming President Trump’s decision to end certain insurance bailouts for the increase.
“Does anybody really believe that?” asked Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09). “Blue Cross has raised Obamacare premiums every year, totaling 176 percent since 2013. President Trump did the right thing by upholding the Constitution, which clearly states that appropriations originate in the House, not the Oval Office. A federal court validated this position. Nonsense on the rhetoric from Blue Cross.”
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North Carolina stands to gain $7 billion in additional federal healthcare funding under the Graham-Cassidy healthcare reform legislation, with up to $1.4 billion of that additional funding dedicated to Medicaid.
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Much of the current debate on the American Health Care Act and Better Care Reconciliation Act focuses on a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score showing 22 million more Americans without health coverage by 2026.
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Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09) and other leaders of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus met with House Speaker Paul Ryan (WI-01) to discuss key pro-life provisions in proposed legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Two recently published articles in the Charlotte Observer omitted relevant facts and did not provide readers with a thorough account of Congressman Pittenger’s policy positions. In response, Congressman Pittenger wrote two separate Letters to the Editor to provide clarification for his constituents.
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Using Obama Administration criteria, the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday released a report finding premiums on the individual health insurance market have more than doubled since Obamacare took effect in 2013.
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Prior to voting on the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628), the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation co-sponsored and introduced by Congressman Robert Pittenger to block the so-called “Congressional healthcare exemption.”
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The U.S. House of Representatives will consider legislation to eliminate the so-called “Congressional healthcare exemption” included in the American Health Care Act.
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