Health Care

Texas and nine other states are already joining forces to fight the health care bill. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says they are filing a lawsuit, challenging the measure's constitutionality Read more »

the Democrats seem poised to pass their health care reform bill on Sunday, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler Read more »

U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (TX-01), along with several Republican colleagues, formally unveiled and signed today the Declaration of Health Care Independence at the U.S. Capitol.  Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) criticized the House’s passage of an unfunded and deceptive “Doc Fix,” instead voting for and supporting a more fiscally responsible alternative plan that would not add to the deficit and protect doctors, seniors and future generations. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill that would lead our nation to an unprecedented federal takeover of the healthcare system. Read more »

.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert’s (R-TX) office printed and delivered hard copies of Speaker Pelosi's 1,990 page healthcare bill to five East Texas public library across his First Congressional District to ensure that as many citizens as possible have access to the text and can see for themselves what is buried in the mountain of legislation. Read more »

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats unveiled their healthcare reform bill yesterday in front of the U.S. Capitol. Read more »

Republicans have drawn up 35 different health care proposals this year, undermining President Obama's statements in recent weeks that opponents of his health care plan have no solutions. Read more »

The current level of spending and growth in health care cost will soon bankrupt our nation, with the latest full year numbers showing that tax dollars spent in 2007 on Medicare grew to more than $430 billion, and almost $330 billion for Medicaid. That year, these programs cost the federal government an average of $9,200 in tax dollars for every household in America, and that number increases daily... Read more »

Sunday, President Barack Obama's pledge that "If you like your health care provider now, you can keep it" won't last more than a couple of years, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, said during a visit to Lufkin on Friday. Read more »