The Lance-Cassidy bill ensures the risk-corridor program does not become a vehicle for ignoring the Constitution by the administration.

I think it is imperative that we provide a 21st century regulatory framework for 21st century technology and a framework that is going to encourage innovation while providing safe, effective, and new therapies.

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The ability of patients, physicians, and developers to communicate effectively is so important for the future of cures in this country.

We now have mobile medical apps that can make health care more personalized if we don't overregulate them.

As part of our committee's 21st Century Cures Initiative, we are examining the discovery, development, and delivery process to speed new treatments and cures to patients.

This Cures Initiative is in part focused on using technology to relieve administrative burdens for agencies such as FDA.

Technology has the potential to transform health care as well, and in doing so address many of the challenges that we currently face.

if the June 2014 Rand report is true, we have been subsidizing systems that block information instead of allowing for information transfers, which was never the intent of the statute.

We have electronic health records that can be shared among various providers to help better coordinate the care we receive, if we can ensure they are interoperable.

The question before us: How do we ensure that our health care system can take advantage of the innovation going on in the tech world?

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