Jim McDermott: “The work that the Innovation Center is doing will help us become more efficient and achieve our shared goals of…”

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

I always love to come to these propaganda hearings before the elections, and it is obvious we are trying to hold the insurance companies harmless here.

We have begun to lay the groundwork for payment reform by passing the IMPACT Act, which will give us the data we need to improve quality in post-acute care settings.

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