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Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP
Press Releases
Barton, Walden Ask HHS for Fraud Data in Medicare, Medicaid (July 14, 2009)
Lawmakers Ask GAO to Look at Cost of Financing Future Government Debt (July 1, 2009)
Barton: Provisions Should Help Prevent Waste and Abuse in Medicaid (April 16, 2008)
Congress Must Act to Rescue Medicare – Barton (March 5, 2008)
SCHIP Should Focus First on Poor Children, Says Barton (February 26, 2008)
Reform Needed to Rescue Faltering Medicare (February 25, 2008)
Barton Calls for Hearings on Medicare Reform (February 15, 2008)
Bipartisan Children’s Health Bill Still Possible (January 23, 2008)
Barton Presses House to OK Full Extension of SCHIP to 2009 (December 18, 2007)
‘New’ SCHIP Bill Bait-and-Switch, Barton Says (October 25, 2007)
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Letters
Response from HHS Inspector General Regarding CMS Censorship Actions (November 9, 2009)
Response from CMS Regarding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud (October 7, 2009)
Letter to HHS Inspector General Regarding CMS Censorship Actions (October 1, 2009)
Letter to CMS Regarding Humana Communication Censorship (October 1, 2009)
Letter to CMS on Fraud Data (September 16, 2009)
Response from CMS Regarding Medicare Administrative Costs (August 27, 2009)
Letter to CMS Regarding Fraud Data (July 14, 2009)
Response from CMS Regarding SCHIP State-Specific Error Rates (July 10, 2009)
Response from CBO Regarding Reductions in Medicare Payment Rates (March 27, 2009)
Identity Verification in SCHIP -- Chairwoman Slaughter (February 3, 2009)
U.S. Representative Joe Barton
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