this year marks the 90th anniversary of the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR. Now a nonprofit organization, the Hollywood Theatre is an important Oregon landmark with a rich cultural history. Today I want to honor the Hollywood Theatre's…

I want to take a moment today to stress the importance of providing young people with safe places to learn during the summer months. Summer is in full swing, and families are deciding how their children's time will be spent while school is…

with a weeks-long recess upon us, sometimes opportunities to make history get lost. I am going to take a few minutes to describe an historic opportunity to help vulnerable families and children at risk. I hope my colleagues rise to the…

I wish to address two issues which the Senate Finance Committee has spent a considerable amount of time on, and both of them are examples of how the Senate is leaving important work undone on its way out the door. I am going to begin by…

This was the source of uncertainty and frustration for health-care providers and seniors, and it has now been sent to the dustbin of history.

75 percent deals with seniors who have four or more chronic illnesses.

By finally clearing the decks of the SGR debacle, the Finance Committee has been able to get to work on developing legislation that will empower families and Medicare to manage and treat these debilitating illnesses.

There are big opportunities ahead to make substantial, bipartisan progress when it comes to protecting and updating the Medicare guarantee.

93 percent of the Medicare spending deals with chronic illness.

the bipartisan working group chaired by Senators Isakson and Warner has done the same as well, and I thank them.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden for holding this hearing on the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

this is what comes up constantly with respect to the complexity and the burden.

This is not our grandfather's Medicare program.

For the seniors who depend on the Medicare guarantee, that ought to result in better, more thoughtful health care.

this committee's leadership, in particular your focus on how we can best care for those with multiple chronic conditions, as Senator Wyden has discussed, has been instrumental in guiding us.

It's important to build on the new Medicare payment system, and in my view the obvious place to start ought to be in the area of chronic care.

Medicare ought to be leading the way.

This was the source of endless uncertainty for health-care providers and seniors, and it's now in the dustbin of history.

That strikes me as pretty promising stuff.

we have a proposal now to better care for individuals living with dementia, which I know has been a longstanding commitment and priority of Senator Stabenow.

It is my view that there are big opportunities ahead to make substantial bipartisan progress when it comes to protecting and updating the Medicare guarantee.

Seniors suffering from these chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke, now account for 93 percent of the spending in the Medicare program.

the stakes here are enormously high, because what you are talking about is striking the right balance between encouraging these alternative payment models, which are so important in care coordination, and at the same time maintaining…

American health care is going to have a new focus: paying for the quality of care that our people receive, rather than the quantity.

We commend Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Wyden, and all other members of the Committee on Finance for holding this bipartisan hearing.