Jim McDermott: “The point of that is that the Republicans believe that seniors need to put more skin in the game.”

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

We have made some substantive bipartisan progress recently. We need to build on our success.

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.

I intend to discuss legislation I have recently introduced which will provide beneficiaries with access to comprehensive dental, vision, and hearing services.