For example, in the PBM area, we're looking at reducing the role of middlemen.

Medicare today is overwhelmingly chronic care: cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases, strokes.

Medicare is a guarantee. It's not a voucher. It's not a piece of paper. It's a guarantee.

These play a vital role in so many ways.

These play a vital role in so many ways.

My time is up, so I will just close with a comment.

we're going to insure those acute care services, and therefore, we're going to start building around chronic care.

Medicare is a guarantee. It's not a voucher. It's not a piece of paper. It's a guarantee.

And particularly, what we're trying to do in the Finance Committee is look at the ways for the future to build around some of the things that just are common sense.

Thank you very much.

Medicare today is overwhelmingly chronic care: cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases, strokes.

For example, in the PBM area, we're looking at reducing the role of middlemen.

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:08 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 10 a.m.

we're going to insure those acute care services, and therefore, we're going to start building around chronic care.

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