Jim McDermott: “It is patently unfair to ask physicians or others paid under the fee schedule to live with the sword of Damocles hanging…”

A strong Medicare doesn't mean we turn the program over to the insurance industry, and it doesn't mean we shift more costs on to the beneficiaries.

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

We are trying to figure out where we are going as a country and how we can turn our investments and innovation into sustainable models moving forward.

Let me take an example, because we hear a lot of examples given up here.