Jim McDermott: “I just want to take a second to enter into the record, or ask unanimous consent to enter into the record, an article…”

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

The creation of Medicare in 1965 was one of the great policy achievements in the history of this country.

I intend to carefully scrutinize ideas that may not be in the best interests of the program or the beneficiaries.

A strong Medicare doesn't mean we turn the program over to the insurance industry, and it doesn't mean we shift more costs on to the beneficiaries.