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Representative Joseph 'Joe' R. Pitts's Public Statements on Senior Citizens

Joe Pitts
Full Name: Joseph 'Joe' R. Pitts
Office: U.S. House (PA) - District 16, Republican
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Virginia; 3 Children: Karen, Carol, Daniel
Birth Date: 10/10/1939
Birth Place: Lexington, KY
Home City: Kennett Square, PA
Religion: Protestant

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June 5, 2013 Continuing Transparent, Collaborative Medicare Physician Payment Reform Process, Health Subcommittee Explores Draft Legislation to Repeal Sustainable Growth Rate Washington, DC
June 5, 2013 Hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Opening Statement of the Honorable Joe Pitts Subcommittee on Health Hearing on "Reforming SGR: Prioritizing Quality in a Modernized Physician Payment System" Washington, DC
May 31, 2013 Upton & Pitts Comment on 2013 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Report Washington, DC
April 16, 2013 Hearing of the Subcommittee on Health - "Strengthening Medicare for Seniors: Understanding the Challenges of Traditional Medicare's Benefit Design" Washington, DC
April 1, 2013 Pitts Statement on CMS' Decision to Reverse Some Cuts to Medicare Advantage Washington, DC
March 15, 2013 Letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - 45 Day Notice and Draft Call Letter Unknown
March 1, 2013 Fighting Fraud Requires Innovation Unknown
Feb. 7, 2013 Energy and Commerce & Ways and Means Outline Collaborative Medicare Physician Payment Reform Effort Washington, DC
Nov. 30, 2012 Stopping Fraud Before It Happens Unknown
Nov. 28, 2012 Hearing of the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Examining Options to Combat Health Care Waste, Fraud and Abuse Washington, DC
Nov. 28, 2012 Pitts Chairs Hearing on Cutting Medicare Fraud Unknown
Sept. 19, 2012 Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 Washington, DC
Sept. 11, 2012 Health Subcommittee Approves Bills to Prevent Job Loss, Advance Research and Treatment of Rare Diseases, and Protect Taxpayers Washington, DC
Sept. 7, 2012 Facing the Challenge of Alzheimer's Unknown
Aug. 20, 2012 Committee Leaders Push CMS on Failure to Outline State Exchange and Medicaid Rules Washington, DC
Aug. 16, 2012 Two Visions for Preserving Medicare Unknown
July 18, 2012 Urgency for Action Could Not be Greater with 10,000 Baby Boomers Now Turning 65 Every Day Washington, DC
June 5, 2012 Obamacare Grants Washington, DC
May 25, 2012 PR or Propaganda? Unknown
April 23, 2012 Energy and Commerce Leaders Respond to Medicare Trustees Report Washington, DC
March 28, 2012 Medicare Washington, DC
March 21, 2012 Protecting Access to Healthcare Act Washington, DC
March 7, 2012 Bill to Repeal Controversial Medicare Board Passes Committee Unknown
Feb. 3, 2012 A Little Common Sense Washington, DC
Jan. 20, 2012 One Thousand Days Washington, DC
Jan. 6, 2012 Important Work Ahead in Congress Washington, DC
Dec. 16, 2011 House Passes Final Spending Bills, Extends Payroll Tax Relief Washington, DC
Dec. 13, 2011 Creating Jobs Washington, DC
Dec. 13, 2011 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 Washington, DC

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