Jim McDermott: “The use of Jackson-Vanik obviously had a point at some time in the past. Probably for the last 10 years it has been…”

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.

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

Last year, we came together with MACRA. That landmark reform repealed the SGR and already started the process of transforming how we try to pay physicians under Medicare.

The truth is that Medicare must be strengthened, not cut, and benefits must be expanded, not scaled back.