Anna Eshoo: “This is an important hearing, and it is timely because of the challenges of the hurricanes.”

We need to get a clear explanation from hospitals on why, after hospitals acquire physician practices, the prices for the services provided by the acquired physicians increases by 14 percent.

I think that, you know, to a person--well, maybe not to a--well, just--I am getting myself in a little trouble here.

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

I see, as I expressed to you when we spoke, a disconnect between CMS, the FDA, and the VA on new treatments for mild Alzheimer's.