Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 515, I call up the bill (H.R. 4015) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare payments for physicians and other professionals, and for other purposes to amend section 530D of title 28, United States Code, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 515, the amendment printed in part B of House Report 113-379 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 4015 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and improving Medicare payment for physicians' services. Sec. 3. Priorities and funding for measure development. Sec. 4. Encouraging care management for individuals with chronic care needs. Sec. 5. Ensuring accurate valuation of services under the physician fee schedule. Sec. 6. Promoting evidence-based care. Sec. 7. Empowering beneficiary choices through access to information on physicians' services. Sec. 8.…”