Jim McDermott said...

Mr. Blumenauer put through a bill, Mr. Levin and I put a bill in 25 years ago, that everybody in Medicare ought to file ...

This is the kind of hearing where there isn't much disagreement about the fact that we want to have quality.

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

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