Orrin Hatch actually said...

The perpetual SGR cycle took up far too much of Congress's time and diverted attention from other priorities.

The passage of MACRA was a tremendous bipartisan achievement that addressed long-standing and reoccurring problems under Medicare.

Getting rid of the SGR not only resolved a vexing problem for lawmakers, it gave security to Medicare beneficiaries.

Most notably, MACRA eliminated the flawed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, formula.