The opioid epidemic is having a measurable negative impact on the life expectancy of Americans.
I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today about the impact this terrible crisis is having on older Americans.
We are also grateful to Chairman Collins, who supports the elimination of the IMD exclusion.
It is clear there is a very serious problem with outlier prescribers.
It claims the lives of almost 120 Americans a day and about one a day in my State of Maine.
Thank you. And let me just remind you that it rains far less often in Maine than it does in Washington State.
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Yesterday, I introduced a bill with Senator Casey, the Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act, which would reauthorize the...
One of the main metrics for gauging our progress in developing a health care workforce to care for older adults is a cer...
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These programs work.