Health

Chairman:  Joe Pitts (PA-16)
Jurisdiction: 
Public health and quarantine; hospital construction; mental health; biomedical research and development; health information technology, privacy, and cybersecurity; public health insurance (Medicare, Medicaid) and private health insurance; medical malpractice and medical malpractice insurance; the regulation of food, drugs, and cosmetics; drug abuse; the Department of Health and Human Services; the National Institutes of Health; the Centers for Disease Control; Indian Health Service; and all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security.

Members

Republicans

Chairman: Joe Pitts (PA)
Vice Chairman: Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX)
Ralph Hall (TX)
Ed Whitfield (KY)
John Shimkus (IL)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Phil Gingrey (GA)
Leonard Lance (NJ)
Bill Cassidy (LA)
Brett Guthrie (KY)
Morgan Griffith (VA)
Gus Bilirakis (FL)
Renee Ellmers (NC)
Joe Barton (TX)
Fred Upton (MI)

Democrats

Ranking Member: Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
John D. Dingell (MI)
Eliot L. Engel (NY)
Lois Capps (CA)
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Jim Matheson (UT)
Gene Green (TX)
G.K. Butterfield (NC)
John Barrow (GA)
Donna M. Christensen (VI)
Kathy Castor (FL)
John Sarbanes (MD)
Henry A. Waxman (CA)

Letters of Support for H.R. 297
February 15, 2013 | Letter

To read the letter from the Association of American Medical Colleges, click here

To read the letter from the American Medical Association, click here

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Letters of Support for H.R. 235
February 15, 2013 | Letter

To read the letter from the Association of the United States Navy, click here

To read the letter from the National Service and Legislative Headquarters, click here

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Letters of Support for H.R. 225
February 15, 2013 | Letter

To read the letter from FightSMA, click here

To read the letter from the Children's Hospital Association, click here

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SGR: Data, Measures and Models; Building a Future Medicare Physician Payment System
February 14, 2013 | Hearing

Hearing Notice

Background Memo

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Pitts Kicks Off 113th Congress with Hearing on Reforming the Medicare Physician Payment System
February 14, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today kicked off the 113th Congress with a hearing focused on the Medicare physician payment system.

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Upton Responds to State of the Union Address
February 12, 2013 | Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address:

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