Jim McDermott said...

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

Mr. Blumenauer put through a bill, Mr. Levin and I put a bill in 25 years ago, that everybody in Medicare ought to file ...

We will know them by the fruits that they produce.

Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 mon...