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Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: March 26, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

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Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for
yielding the time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this important, bipartisan,
landmark bill.

Our parents and grandparents who rely on Medicare and the doctors
that take care of them can breathe easier today because of this bill.
Medicare will be stronger, and it will be more efficient. We are going
to put ``modern'' into modern medicine by transitioning the Medicare
health system into one that focuses on quality rather than quantity.

I would like to thank my colleagues on the Energy and Commerce
Committee, Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Pallone, Mr. Pitts and Mr.
Green, and Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi for also adding
into this important package new assurance for children across America,
for our community health centers. The State Children's Health Insurance
Program now gets a very significant boost, along with our health
centers that take care of so many of our neighbors.

Thanks again to the professional staff, to the great public servants
in the Obama administration.

I urge a ``yes'' vote on this important, landmark bill.

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