Political Quotes

“39 percent of the time when the physician had more information they changed the prescription and therefore addressed safety concerns or saving the patient or the employer dollars. In February, a physician satisfaction survey found that 9 out of 10 physicians believed that e-prescribing met or exceeded expectations. This is only one region of Michigan where it has been extremely successful. We have incentives in this bill to be able to support physicians using e-prescribing and being able to have some assistance to be able to purchase the equipment they need. I believe there are a thousand reasons why that is a great idea and one of the reasons I enthusiastically support this bill. Third, this bill reauthorizes important rural provisions to ensure that all Americans, regardless of where they live, have access to health care. We have, in Michigan, again, many small- and mid-sized providers serving vast rural areas around our State. This is very important, to approve the payments for community health centers and ambulances and other providers who are hit by declining Medicare reimbursement--as well as high gas prices, I might add. Finally, let me say I am very pleased that an area of the bill addresses gathering more information on health disparities regarding gender or regarding race.”