Jim McDermott: “The Republicans were opposed to a public option. So the CO-OPs were an alternative that was put into this bill.”

Let me take an example, because we hear a lot of examples given up here.

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.

Innovation will be central to our efforts to address rising healthcare costs.

The creation of Medicare in 1965 was one of the great policy achievements in the history of this country.