Health Care

Today's budget agreement is a win for Kentuckians and includes many provisions that originated in the House budget. Under this agreement, we will balance the budget within 10 years without raising taxes on families or businesses, said Congressman Guthrie. Read more »

These bills take a responsible approach in balancing security and privacy, and will allow businesses to be better prepared to protect against cyber attacks, said Congressman Guthrie. Read more »

Congressmen Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing legislation to update the definition of the small group market under Obamacare in order to protect smaller employers from increased regulations. Read more »

Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted in support of H.R. 2, legislation that makes substantive structural reforms to Medicare and repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula through which physicians are paid under the Medicare program. Read more »

The budget will balance in 10 years without raising taxes on Kentucky families or businesses. This is in direct contrast with President Obama's proposed budget, which never balances and would add an additional $8.5 trillion to the national debt. Read more »

Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) was named the recipient of the Alzheimer's Association's 2015 Humanitarian Award. Read more »

Today, Congressmen Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Patrick E. Murphy (D-FL) sent a letter to the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to express concern about proposed payment changes to the Medicare Advantage program. The letter included the signatures of 239 Members of Congress – more than half of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »

H.R. 1344 will reauthorize the federal authority for hearing tests and intervention programs for newborn babies, which were first authorized through the Newborn Infant Hearing Screening and Intervention Act of 1999. Read more »

The bipartisan legislation will expand the education of and testing for Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV). Read more »

Administration refuses to identify source of authority for payments, which could reach as high as $175B over next 10 years Read more »