Jim McDermott: “more needs to be done”

We have begun to lay the groundwork for payment reform by passing the IMPACT Act, which will give us the data we need to improve quality in post-acute care settings.

I intend to carefully scrutinize ideas that may not be in the best interests of the program or the beneficiaries.

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

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