Michael Burgess

I think we all learned a lot. It is just ironic that as we are proceeding with the Cures Initiative, and trying to remove some of the barriers, we are trying to facilitate the faster Cures, the promise of the 21st Century, that this…

My personal belief is that we will never see the employer mandate.

Throughout the development and the rollout of Healthcare.gov, this subcommittee had repeated assurances that the systems were and would be ready to go.

I hope we can work, as we look into the next year, in a bipartisan way to make the ACA even better.

So even if you disagree with the law, it is important to note that the ACA is helping our constituents.

We will stipulate the rollout of the ACA was an unmitigated disaster. But I guess I would like to know how long we are going to keep beating this drum?

Let me close by saying this is a good bill, and I urge all Members to support it. I yield back the balance of my time.

The big news, the headline is hepatitis C vanquished in our lifetimes, and that is a big deal.

CBO, in their traditional scoring methods, does not give you credit for those long-term savings.

Innovation plays a strong role in wellness and prevention.

The ability to implement this new regimen is, in fact, a cost driver for the system, and cannot be regarded as a cost saver.

And I want to thank the ranking member for his generosity in mentioning H.R. 4015, which was the repeal of the sustainable growth rate formula.

I appreciate the continued series of hearings on the 21st Century Cures Initiatives.

Mr. Chairman, the laudable goals of the 21st Century Cures Initiative, and they are indeed laudable, but we got to remember, at the end of the day, it is all about patients. Doctors want to heal. We want to cure.

We cannot be caught off guard and risk watching innovative therapies suffocate at the hands of a regulatory system that has not kept up or further cripple the regulatory system by the approval of products that inherently are unsafe.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

I find that absolutely incredulous. A guy loses his license, and some of these doctors were charged with fairly serious crimes.

Doctors get millions from Medicare after losing their licenses.

We want to help you, but we need to have that thorough report.

It is my belief that providers that have been banned from federal programs for wrongdoing should be excluded from all federal programs. Period.

I don't see carbon dioxide listed as a trigger for inciting reactive airway disease.

So is regulation or reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere going to result in 100,000 fewer asthma attacks?

Does this figure of 100,000 include those asthma attacks that would have been avoided simply because of the passage of the Clean Air Act?

I appreciate our witness being here so long with us this morning and your forbearance through our questions.

You also said in your opening statement, that we will avoid 100,000 asthma attacks under these rules.