Anna Eshoo: “I now would like to introduce the witnesses for today's hearing and thank you for joining us today.”

Simply put, we are not getting the best value for our healthcare dollar.

I rise, sadly, in opposition to this bill, H.R. 485. I support, and everyone here supports, banning quality-adjusted life years, also known as QALYs. It is a discriminatory metric that should not be used, and Democrats are the ones who…

I think that the committee needs to take that into consideration.

Nothing moves without it.