Bob Casey

For people with arthritis, access to affordable and appropriate treatment is absolutely essential.

The donut hole, the coverage gap. We actually should come up with a better phrase for that.

Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis can be out of reach for some patients and far too costly.

The most important step is to increase the role of biosimilars, as you heard from Dr. Harvey.

Thank you, Chairman Collins, for holding this hearing today.

I've introduced legislation called the RISE Act, which is also sponsored by Senator Cassidy, Senator Hassan, and Senator Hatch.

I want to thank our witnesses. I will pay special tribute to Sharon because she did such a good job and she is from Pennsylvania.

These are not simple decisions. There is no one-size-fits-all choice for those individuals.

I want to thank Chairman Collins for this hearing and for her opening statement today.

Medicare is one of America's great success stories, and it is our sacred responsibility to make sure that people can make the most of the Medicare benefits that they have earned.

I do not support any cuts to Social Security.

Many people in the Senate, including Senator Gillibrand, who is here, have worked on these issues for years.

Every day 10,000 Americans turn age 65 in the United States of America.

That word 'navigate' that you and others have been using is an apt description, I think, of what some are up against.

We support the bipartisan BENES Act introduced by Senator Casey, which aims to simplify enrollment.

We should hear about what is not working and what is most challenging for our constituents.

I am proud of that legislation because it is bipartisan and it represents how Congress should work.

Chairman Collins, thank you. I want to thank you for this hearing and for the good work that led up to it by your staff and our staff as well.

We have got to get to an infrastructure bill around here or something that would focus on broadband.

I would ask consent on two matters--two letters, I should say.

Well, thank you very much for that. That is the real life of it. Thank you.

It is a great country, right?

I hope we can illuminate some of these problems--the same problems that Chairman Collins and I can work together on to fix.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

Our healthcare sector is already near capacity with this flu season. So we are woefully unprepared to respond to a mass casualty, biological event.