And, generally speaking, our biggest problems are with the dual eligibles between the age of 20 and 40.

There are no provisions in the Social Security Act that govern what would happen if insolvency were to occur.

As long as the Medicare trust fund has a balance, the Treasury Department is authorized to make payments on behalf of seniors.

There would be insufficient funds to pay for all Part A reimbursements to providers.

At this time I would like to yield 3 minutes to the chair of the full committee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).

I would like to yield at this time 5 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Kinzinger).

At this time I would like to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey, (Mr. Lance), a member of the Health Subcommittee.

I urge support for this commonsense, bipartisan bill, H.R. 6118, and I yield back the balance of my time.

At this time I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Grimm).

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There is no disagreement that the current Medicare physician reimbursement system, the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, is broken.

There is also no disagreement that the SGR needs to be replaced with something that actually is sustainable.

Absent congressional actions, physicians will face a 27 percent cut starting January 1, 2013.

At this time I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the distinguished Member from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner). {time} 1600

At this time I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Rehberg).

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Kinzinger), another member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

At this time I am pleased to yield 1 minute to another valued member of the Health Subcommittee, the gentleman from Louisiana, Dr. Cassidy.

At this time I'm happy to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Harper).

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Olson).

Today I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of the Health Subcommittee, the gentleman from Georgia, Dr. Gingrey.