Who decides whether the agency has exceeded the budget? How is that calculated?
I definitely personally would not like to see the agency be its own watchdog.
Let us assume that Congress were to pass a law that created a regulatory budget.
The Commission appreciates the opportunity to discuss improving care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions.
the goal post gets changed, and we are seeing that. We see it over and over and over again, and it is incredibly frustrating for people tryi...
I know it is going to come as a horrendous shock to people in this town, but the states actually can make these kinds of decisions.
PURPA was enacted by Congress in 1978, and it was designed to increase our energy independence at a time when we were in a real energy crisi...
The Commission's goal is a Medicare program that ensures beneficiary access to high-quality care, pays health care providers and plans fairl...
The Commission has been concerned for many years that FFS Medicare does not incentivize or facilitate comprehensive care coordination.
The playing field has changed since 1978, and that is what this is aimed at and it is aimed at trying to pick up some of the realities that ...
What this bill does is it brings need into the equation, and its need to be determined by the state public utility regulators.
We want to be able to collaborate with you to be able to make that happen, rather than having rigid edicts come down.
I can assure you that your testimony will be very seriously taken into consideration.
Well, there certainly, I don't think, is any substitute for involving people who know the land and who know the circumstances around it.
In today's world with the technology we have it would seem to me that that would not be that difficult to do.
I do not think I need to tell you, but there is a lot of frustration out there that it is not moving as fast as we would like.
I appreciate your efforts in that regard.
if there is any group that can find bipartisan agreement, it will be us.
