Jim McDermott: “So it is not being set by CMS, but is being set by a private committee controlled by the American Medical Association…”

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.

Ambassador Tai believes we need a different approach that gives workers a seat at the table, so their perspectives and voices are incorporated into the policy that we develop.

Thank you for holding this Member Day hearing to improve and sustain Medicare.

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