Walberg Introduces Bill to Protect Hospitals from Unprecedented Government Interference

Statement

Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, today introduced the Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act (H.R. 3633). The legislation would prevent the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) from exerting jurisdiction over health care providers through executive fiat. OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu will testify tomorrow about the agency's recent regulatory actions, as well as its ongoing effort to unilaterally expand its jurisdiction over health care providers.

"Hospitals and doctors are already under immense pressure as a result of the president's flawed health care law," said Rep. Walberg. "Now they have to fear a government agency trying to meddle where it does not belong. If OFCCP expands its jurisdiction through executive fiat, hospitals will face an administrative nightmare. Administrative burdens carry costs and those costs are almost always passed along to consumers. I don't think anyone can argue that the American people can afford higher health care costs. I urge my colleagues to oppose the administration's overreach by supporting the Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act."

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