Jim McDermott: “this is not a partisan issue, this is an economic issue that has got to be dealt with.”

Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.

I always love to come to these propaganda hearings before the elections, and it is obvious we are trying to hold the insurance companies harmless here.

the bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.

It has been a pleasure serving on this committee.