Jim McDermott: “At its core, Medicare is a fulfillment of a commitment to the health security of the American people.”

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

None of us on our side who were involved in drawing it up thought for one minute that we had created the Ten Commandments off the mountain, which haven't been changed since Moses brought them down off the mountain.

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

Now, similar untreated vision disorders substantially increase the risk of falls among senior citizens.