On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
So it really is political theater, hyperbole, to make it seem like this bill kills jobs.
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congress.govSo it really is political theater, hyperbole, to make it seem like this bill kills jobs.
McDermott criticizes claims that the Affordable Care Act kills jobs as exaggerated.
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It is not what happens in Mr. Kind's district, where about 80 percent of the people have advance directives.
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.
Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.
Getting the people covered by health care is one thing. Controlling the cost is another thing, and this is about controlling the cost, and I don't believe we have our arms around it yet.