Anna Eshoo

No family should suffer the death of a child without knowing why, yet over 400 children and 3,600 infants die each year from unexplained causes.

We thought, Mr. Kennedy, that the ACE Kids Act was going to address the very situation that you just pointed out.

There has to be--yes.

We really shouldn't be pitting one against the other.

I think there--it continually is a reexamination, Madam Chairwoman.

Today, we will continue that progress by examining seven bipartisan bills to improve Americans' healthcare and coverage.

Each year, 700 American women die and 50,000 women are severely injured due to complications related to child birth.

The Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2019 invests $135 million annually to improve birth outcomes in high-risk communities.

I'm proud to advance these bills and to continue our record of bipartisan productivity in the new year.

This bill is going to move. It has to. And it really needs to be adopted by the Congress.

That is the most commonsense solution, and I think this is the point where the enrollment periods just need to be modernized.

I am proud to rise in support of H.R. 5377 and am an original cosponsor of this legislation. I am going to put my full statement in the Record, but let me just say a few things that are top-line--top-line--for my constituents. There are…

Now, the Democrats this week are going to pass one of the missing links to allow Medicare to negotiate prices and drive down drug costs and then carry that over to private insurance, so that is going to be a great thing for families.

I just can't help but say, 'Thank God for Medicare and Medicaid.' Where would people in this country be without that coverage?

What else can we do? We have to just go ahead and say we intended Medicaid to be expanded under the Affordable Care Act.

These proposals would diminish the rate of reimbursement for hospitals and thus would inevitably degrade the quality of that care.

This is not something where you can say we are going to get something that looks like something elsewhere in the world.

The proposals fall into two broad categories, as you have heard. Some are like Medicare for All, sweeping single-payer reforms which would cover everybody in the United States.

Can we just pass the law?

to achieve universal healthcare for the American people.

let me express on behalf of all of the members of the committee, both sides of the aisle, for not only accepting our invitation to be here today to describe your idea, your legislative proposal, but the clarity in which you have done so.

Is there any better gift to a loved one than health insurance?

Every American should feel secure that, if they get sick or if they are hurt, they will receive the care they need without going bankrupt.

At the beginning of this year, as when my colleagues elected me the chairwoman, the question was asked, 'Will you have a hearing on Medicare for All?' And I said that I would.

We want to bring our tax dollars home.