WALLY HERGER: “However, we must ensure that consolidation is not simply used as a tool to increase revenues by driving up Medicare…”

I appreciate the commission's work to figure out which approaches can improve the coordination of care in our too often fragmented health care system.

Given the current fiscal issues facing the Medicare program, it is critical that the Committee ensures that taxpayer and beneficiary dollars are being spent appropriately.

Unfortunately, the Democrats' health law slashed payments to the Medicare Advantage program by more than $300 billion over the next 10 years to fund ObamaCare.

I believe the Trans-Pacific Partnership is an important vehicle for expanding U.S. services trade.