Jim McDermott actually said...

We need to replace it with a sensible policy that reflects a more modern care delivery system.

We don't have to start over; we can build on what works and what is already working out there in some places.

It is patently unfair to ask physicians or others paid under the fee schedule to live with the sword of Damocles hanging over their head yea...

This Committee has been wrestling with the need to reform Medicare's physician payment system for more than a decade.