Kevin Brady: “this bill offers a false choice between helping our physicians and our pharmacists, who need fair reimbursement, and…”

“this bill offers a false choice between helping our physicians and our pharmacists, who need fair reimbursement, and helping our seniors, especially those in minority communities and those in rural communities from being able to see a doctor who they know and knows them. Unfortunately, this Congress is full of false choices. In Texas, I know if we pass this bill, we have got over 800,000 seniors, mainly in rural communities and in very poor communities, who will not be able to see a doctor, will not be able to get the health care that they chose under Medicare, because this Congress has decided that they are going to pit those poor seniors against physicians and pharmacies in our communities. Those false choices is why this Congress has the lowest approval rating since they began taking polls. Let's stop playing games with our doctors, let's stop playing games with our pharmacists, and let's stop playing games with the lives of our seniors. We can do better than this.”