Jim McDermott: “Let us be clear: The Republicans hate defined benefit pensions, whether it is Social Security at the Federal level or it…”

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.

The best way to improve and sustain Medicare is by expanding it and strengthening it because, unfortunately, there are holes in the program that weaken health security of our beneficiaries.

The witch hunt that is going on here is really about discrediting the IRS.

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