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Bipartisan Joint Committee Statement on the Sustainable Growth Rate

Statement

Date: March 13, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Senior Citizens Minors and Children Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R--MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D--NJ) this afternoon released the following joint statement:

"Last year, the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees came together, on a bipartisan basis, to propose a permanent alternative to the broken SGR system. We are now engaging in active discussions on a bipartisan basis--following up on the work done by leadership--to try to achieve an effective permanent resolution to the SGR problem, strengthen Medicare for our seniors, and extend the popular Children's Health Insurance Program."


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