Jim McDermott: “Do you think those are unreasonable questions?”

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.

It is not what happens in Mr. Kind's district, where about 80 percent of the people have advance directives.

Doing without dental coverage frequently leads to preventable health problems.

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