I ask unanimous consent to submit for the record various statements from the United Steel Workers...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

So in your proposal, isn't it true that the savings come from the tax on first-dollar supplemental coverage?

I am concerned that some people are eyeing this idea of Medicare benefit redesign as a way to simply get budgetary savings by shifting more costs onto the backs of beneficiaries.

I also appreciate the recognition that we need to move delivery systems and payment systems reform to more value-based systems.

Can you share with us why not cost shifting to beneficiaries was felt to be so important?

The notion that if we can improve the coordination of care, patient safety, disease management, and prevention efforts, we can save money for the entire system.

Far from inhibiting the growth of mobile health applications, the Administration has taken unprecedented steps to open up federal data to app developers and coders.

we have come a long way since then.

Today is an important examination of the ways in which health information technologies can benefit patients, doctors, and the health care system as a whole.

That is why as chairman of this subcommittee, I worked alongside many of my colleagues, Democrat and Republican alike, and we passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.

Healthcare reform was entitlement reform. The ACA decreases the deficit and promotes efficiency and quality.