Jim McDermott: “Small business people's problem is the banks will not lend to them unless they have got--I just tried to get my loan…”

Doing without dental coverage frequently leads to preventable health problems.

At its core, Medicare is a fulfillment of a commitment to the health security of the American people.

I always love to come to these propaganda hearings before the elections, and it is obvious we are trying to hold the insurance companies harmless here.

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.