Mike Enzi: “I do not believe the bill would advance the public interest.”

It's important to examine what drives healthcare costs and how we can create more value for patients particularly, and specifically in rural areas.

Pass Senate Bill 397, the Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act, which is initially sponsored by Senator Isakson.

I'm a co-sponsor of that.

It's a bipartisan bill that would be the single biggest thing near-term you could do to help rural hospitals.