The American College of Physicians (ACP) is pleased to submit the following statement for the record of the above referenced hearing. ACP is the largest medical specialty organization and the second-largest physician group in the United States. ACP members include 130,000 internal medicine specialists (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internists specialize in the ...

Jobs Committee February 7, 2011I have been out of work for 99 weeks. Therefore I am a “99er”. What does this mean? It means that due to no fault of my own, I have not been able to find a job.My skill set is a graphic designer. I have a BFA and two certificates: one is Desktop ...

The Alliance for Retired Americans would like to thank the Committee on Ways and Means for holding this hearing on the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries. The Alliance appreciates the opportunity to reiterate its support for the health care law and provide examples from our members who are benefiting from its ...

The Campaign for Better Care appreciates the opportunity to submit a statement for the record on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medicare beneficiaries.  The Campaign for Better Care (www.campaignforbettercare.org) is a broad-based coalition of consumer organizations with a direct stake in improving ...

I’m a single mother and have always been a single mother except for the first year of my son’s life. I have always had a job and supported my son, but sometimes shared rent with family and friends for many of his first years.  I finally got my own place while I was in my late 20’s. A place that I could afford on my own…..a trailer in a trailer park.  It isn’t the perfect ...

The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. is a national, non-profit organization that works on behalf of older people and people with disabilities to ensure fair access to affordable and comprehensive health care.  We submit this statement for the record of the Hearing on the Health Care Law’s Impact on the Medicare Program and its Beneficiaries, held before the House Ways & Means ...

To:  House Ways and Means Committee      Hearing for Jobs for Unemployed You have no idea how hard it is to have been laid off for over 3 years.  My most recent experience has been in social services and there are no jobs.  These jobs depend upon excess money in the economy and charitable contributions.  Obviously, ...

The Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) is the professional trade association that represents the interests of over 600 medical-surgical products distributor companies operating throughout the United States.  Our members deliver life-saving healthcare products to more than 220,000 points of care including over 195,000 physician offices, 5,700 hospitals and 16,000 nursing ...

Chairman Camp,Americans want to work.  The current political bantering is unacceptable and unproductive.  Trickle down does not and never did work.  History bears this out.  We are facing actual (U6) unemployment number of well over 16%.  No one disputes this.  Yet, the heartless millionaire conservatives would allow decent hard working ...