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

We are trying to figure out where we are going as a country and how we can turn our investments and innovation into sustainable models moving forward.

the bottom line, as far as I am concerned, is what happens to patients.

Thank you for holding this Member Day hearing to improve and sustain Medicare.

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.