Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3836, the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act, sponsored by Representative Crenshaw from Texas and myself. As a primary care physician and a Congresswoman, I am excited to see the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act come to the floor today. Allowing Medicaid to utilize the direct primary care model is a huge shift in the way that Medicaid patients and doctors interact for the better. Direct primary care is structurally different than traditional care models, because it is not designed around fee-for-service billing, but, rather, focused entirely on providing patients the best care possible. This is made possible by having Medicaid pay an affordable monthly fee that, in turn, allows doctors with a set number of patients the time and flexibility to provide the best possible care and the ability to schedule appointments that are the right length in order to provide all of the support those patients need for optimal health. Some appointments might take 90 minutes. Some might take 10.…”