dr. michael burgess of flower mound, texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, is recognized for three minutes. burgburg i thank the gentleman, my ranking minority member -- mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman, my ranking member, for yielding. this truly is an emergency for our nation's patients and our nation's physicianings. i support the passage of this bill. it does give us, also, some time in this body and the other body, it gives us some time to work on a permanent solution. there's plenty of blame to go around on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol as to why we are in this fix. the fact is it began back in 1998 with an omnibus reconciliation act. it was extended under the republican watch for 10 years and now we have four years under the democrats where it has not been fixed. in fact, most of the doctors you talk to have come through the worse year ever in trying to manage their practices. stop and think about it for a minute. you have a small medical practice, two, three, four, five doctors. they don't do all medicare work. maybe

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dr. michael burgess of flower mound, texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, is recognized for three minutes. burgburg i thank the gentleman, my ranking minority member -- mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman, my ranking member, for yielding. this truly is an emergency for our nation's patients and our nation's physicianings. i support the passage of this bill. it does give us, also, some time in this body and the other body, it gives us some time to work on a permanent solution. there's plen of blame to go around on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol as to why we are in this f. the fact is it began back in 1998 with an omnibus reconciliation act. it was extended under the republic watch for 10 years and now we have four years under the democrats where it has not been fixed. in fact, most of the doctors you talk to have come through the worse year ever in trying to manage their practices. stop and think about it for a minute. you have a small medical practice, two, three, four, five doctors. they don't do all medicare work. maybe it's

dr. burgess who provided leadership on this and senate passed the bill yesterday. we look forward to the real possibility of the house passing it. we urge you to pass it, and we look forward to working with this committee and the congress to realize the ambition of the alzheimer's association's vision, a world without alzheimer's disease. >> thank you. >> chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the hearing d providing the alzheimer's association to testify. i eric hall, the chief executive officer and i'm nored to testify on behaver of our member organizations and families that we care for across the country. faa was formed in 2002 to provide care and services to individuals confronting dementia and to their caregivers and families through member organizations dedicated to improving quality of life. today, our membership consistents of more than 1400 organizaons including grass roots nonfor profit organizations, government agencies, publicsivity departments, and long term care communities. our services include toll free hotlines stafferred by licensed soc

dr. burgess who provided leadershi on this and senate passed the bill yesterday. we look forward to the real possibility of the house passing it. we urge you to pass it, and we look forward to working with this committee and the congress to realize the ambition of the alzheimer's association's vision, a world without alzheimer's disease. >> thank you. >> chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the hearing and providing the alzheimer's assoation to testify. i eric hall, the chief executive officer and i'm honored to testify on behaver of our member organizations and families that we care for across the country. faa was formed in 2002 to provide care and services to individuals confronting dementia and to their caregivers and families through member organizations dedicated to improving quality of life. today, our membership consistents of more than 1400 organizations including grass roots nonfor profit organizations, government agencies, publicsivity departments, and long term care communities. our services include toll free hotlines stafferred by licensed