Robert Matsui
The Public Record
Technology has huge potential to both improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs.
I believe in this 21st Century initiative to take advantage of innovation and to get breakthroughs of cures and technology to patients faster.
One of the keys to innovation is spectrum, and more spectrum, and I believe we need a national spectrum plan.
I had introduced a bill with Senator Leahy to ban paid prioritization or so-called Internet fast lanes.
Current proposals to redesign Medicare benefits such as combining Part A and B deductibles would redistribute the burden of healthcare costs to the most vulnerable in the program.
We need to solve the SGR problem for our Medicare physicians and their patients, but we can't do it by causing new problems for Medicare beneficiaries.
American innovation is transforming health care, integrating science, medicine and technology, to provide individuals with real-time access to vital health information.





