Jim McDermott: “No one is saying we should forget about Colombia. Just the opposite.”

At its core, Medicare is a fulfillment of a commitment to the health security of the American people.

It is not what happens in Mr. Kind's district, where about 80 percent of the people have advance directives.

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.

the buck stops at your desk, more or less, is how it would be put in Harry Truman's terms, correct?