Bob Casey

As legal services attorneys, we think that as much information as possible is the way to go.

I think that is fundamental. While this surely will not prevent all instances of abuse or exploitation, or both, it could weed out some really bad actors.

I know that I am over time.

Chairman Collins, thank you very much. Thanks for holding this hearing and for your work on these issues for many years.

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The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Young). The Senator from Pennsylvania.

I will also continue to work with Democrats and Republicans to improve the patient and provider experience.

It is a dumb idea, a really stupid idea.

I do not know how the United States of America is better off by taking $53 million from navigators.

Tapping into community resources is essential.

People who worry about getting food on the table or figuring out a way to get to their doctors' appointments is a bigger deal when you have great distances to travel.

Access to health care in rural areas is a big issue in our state.

So it is pretty clear that we have to make a choice as to whether or not we are going to protect--or I should say maintain the protections for pre-existing conditions.

So I will start with that number.

Just imagine that. More than 60 percent got their health care only because we had Medicaid expansion.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about how we can preserve everything from coverage protections to the innovative programs included in the ACA.

Alongside Chairman Collins, I am a proud cosponsor of this legislation to extend this essential program.

Congress made a commitment to payment innovation in the Affordable Care Act as well.

The Affordable Care Act expanded coverage to 20 million Americans.

We owe every citizen a system that ensures that they can afford the care that they need, no matter what illness or accident that they will endure.

It is on the record. Yes.

I will be very brief. You were all so compelling and your testimony was so captivating that I stayed longer than I had planned.

I am quite proud of because I developed this policy with Senator Isakson.

This legislation represented the first concerted Federal effort to incentivize the development of new treatments specifically for rare diseases.