Jim McDermott: “I have never heard anybody say please, please, go to a voucher system, do away with my defined benefit program.”

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

Mr. Blumenauer put through a bill, Mr. Levin and I put a bill in 25 years ago, that everybody in Medicare ought to file an advance directive.

It has been a pleasure serving on this committee.

These falls can result in serious injuries and expensive hospitalizations.