Jim McDermott: “Mr. Chairman, I realize you have given me a little extra time here. I would like to submit the CMS rules on the 96-hour…”

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.

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 That landmark reform repealed the SGR and already started the process of transforming how we try to pay physicians under Medicare.

It has been a pleasure serving on this committee.