One of the things we did here in this Committee, and it frustrated me then and it still frustrates me, Sandy Levin and I put an amendment into a bill in 1990, I believe it was, that would require Medicare to give final directive information to patients when they gave them their beginning of Medicare.
Reflecting on a past amendment aimed at improving patient information on final directives.
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Prescription drug prices are out of control and the pharmaceutical industry is reaping the benefits.
So how do you measure then the patient who says, well, I wasn't satisfied because I went away and I still ain't got--my sinuses are a mess and he didn't give me antibiotics.
I know it is election season and we have to have hearings like this. I am not sure--I don't know if this is on CSPAN or not, but it is a good time to get some footage of you defending something or other for your campaign commercials.
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