Jim McDermott: “I commend this Subcommittee for convening a panel of experts in order to raise awareness of the major issues surrounding…”

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

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

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 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.