Yes or no, will you encourage the Trump Administration to change its position and defend the preexisting conditions protections in the Affordable Care Act?

This Administration is, frankly, talking out of both sides of its mouth.

I don't know of any American who wants to go back to those days when you could be denied coverage or treatment because of a preexisting condition.

This, Mr. Secretary, is like some kind of sick joke.

But not even a month after releasing the Blueprint, the Trump Administration told a Federal court that it would not defend the provision in the Affordable Care Act that protects people with preexisting conditions.

If this Administration is actually serious about addressing drug pricing, I'd encourage you and the whole Administration to go even further on the direct-to-consumer issue and work with Congress on ending these outrageous tax breaks and…

I would also like to acknowledge Senator Casey and his office's support as we designed this model.

Could you expand on the ways Pennsylvania incorporated new or existing telehealth services into this new model of care and payment?

In Pennsylvania, State legislators were briefed early in the development of the model.

remove barriers so that rural facilities may fully utilize telehealth services.

The Department also engaged Senator Casey's office and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsak, throughout the design of the initiative.

We should make it as available to the general public as is possible, so that everyone has an opportunity to reverse an overdose.

It is critically important.

The fact that that is the case makes clear that seniors are among those most at risk here.

It is time for bold and bipartisan leadership to address the wreckage of this dreadful epidemic.

We are deeply grateful to Senator Casey for his many years of support in efforts to get rid of the IMD exclusion.

Thank you, Madam Chairman, for holding this hearing today on this critically important topic.

I introduced legislation to provide $45 billion in federal support to support community programs to detect, prevent, and treat opioid misuse.

naloxone should be in the hands of every person who might need it.

These startling facts beg the question: What more should we be doing?

When I ask the people of Pennsylvania how opioids affect their families, I am met with--and I know this goes for every Senator who goes home to talk about these issues. I am met with one too many harrowing stories, over and over again…

We have to do more for every generation, and we have to do it now.

We applaud Senator Casey for his bill that would have Medicare pay for methadone.

A high copayment should not stand between a senior who needs treatment and their access to care.

We all have a sacred responsibility to care for pregnant mothers and their newborn infants struggling to overcome opioid misuse.