Jim McDermott: “the bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.”

Thank you for holding this Member Day hearing to improve and sustain Medicare.

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 That landmark reform repealed the SGR and already started the process of transforming how we try to pay physicians under Medicare.

Now, similar untreated vision disorders substantially increase the risk of falls among senior citizens.

The truth is that Medicare must be strengthened, not cut, and benefits must be expanded, not scaled back.