Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray Announce Health Care Committee Hearings

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WASHINGTON, August 1, 2017 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement:

“This committee will hold hearings beginning the week of September 4th on the actions Congress should take to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market so that Americans will be able to buy insurance at affordable prices in the year 2018. We will hear from state insurance commissioners, patients, governors, health care experts and insurance companies. Committee staff will begin this week working with all of our committee members to prepare for these hearings and discussions.”

https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&id=96EE81A9-C0F7-4238-BDF6-5F43472CBE37

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1. I hope they include people from Masscare - there is an effort by

Mass-care Single payer advocates with this legislative session 2017-2018 - they have a total of 64 senators and representatives co-sponsoring our 4 single payer bills.

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2. Whatwhatwhat? Hearings, you say?

Whoever heard of such a thing? What could the Senate committee possibly learn from state insurance commissioners, patients, governors, health care experts and insurance companies? This has to be the craziest idea ever! Has Mitch McConnell been informed that one of his committees has gone rogue? And why in the ever-lovin' blue-eyed world is Sen. Murray involved in this statement? She's a Democrat, fer crissakes.

Save us, Bill O'Reilly! The world has gone mad!