Jim McDermott: “If you have guaranteed issue, that is preexisting conditions are out of the way, you must have universal coverage.”

We have made some substantive bipartisan progress recently. We need to build on our success.

In my opinion, it could be one of the most important hearings we have held during my time as ranking member on the subcommittee.

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

Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.