Oversight subpanel to scrutinize health reform waivers, malpractice

[The Northerner]

The GOP freshman put in charge of a congressional Oversight subcommittee on health says he'll use his powers to investigate waivers given to businesses or individuals for any part of the new healthcare reform law.

"If there are exemptions,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) told The Hill, “what was the process by which those exemptions were sought and given?”

“I think those are fair questions to ask,” he said, “and I expect we will.”

Gowdy, a freshman and former prosecutor, got the chairmanship on Tuesday. The health subcommittee has jurisdiction over federal health policy and food and drug safety, in addition to the District of Columbia and federal records.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/139541-oversight-subpanel-to-look-into-health-reform-waivers-medical-malpractice