Jim McDermott: “I come from Seattle where we spend a lot of effort politically passing initiatives for low-income housing.”

I intend to discuss legislation I have recently introduced which will provide beneficiaries with access to comprehensive dental, vision, and hearing services.

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

The work that the Innovation Center is doing will help us become more efficient and achieve our shared goals of containing costs.

One of the largest holes in the Medicare system is that it does not currently cover most dental, vision, or hearing expenses.