Jim McDermott: “Before we enacted the ACA 4 years ago, America's healthcare system was dysfunctional and deadly.”

None of us on our side who were involved in drawing it up thought for one minute that we had created the Ten Commandments off the mountain, which haven't been changed since Moses brought them down off the mountain.

A strong Medicare doesn't mean we turn the program over to the insurance industry, and it doesn't mean we shift more costs on to the beneficiaries.

The truth is that Medicare must be strengthened, not cut, and benefits must be expanded, not scaled back.

Doing without dental coverage frequently leads to preventable health problems.