Jim McDermott: “Now, I am trying to figure out, when you tell me that Apple and my local company, Starbucks, ... who is it that benefits…”

This area is such a large part of our economy as well as such a large part of our question of national security.

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.

We are trying to figure out where we are going as a country and how we can turn our investments and innovation into sustainable models moving forward.

the bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.