Jim McDermott: “He believed in the Congress, and he believed that this institution could produce positive results for the American…”

Doing without dental coverage frequently leads to preventable health problems.

The best way to improve and sustain Medicare is by expanding it and strengthening it because, unfortunately, there are holes in the program that weaken health security of our beneficiaries.

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.

Innovation will be central to our efforts to address rising healthcare costs.