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Mar 30, 2015

Hello friend, this is John Hames the Host of Old Guard Audio. I wanted to tell you just a bit about Congressman Phil Roe. Phil Roe is a medical doctor, he practiced in Johnson City Tennessee for over 30 years, my wife was a patient of his, and I have known Dr. Roe for much of that time.

As a physician, Congressman Roe has become an active player in the effort to reform our nation’s health care system. He is a member of the Physicians’ Caucus and the Health Caucus.

On a tragic note, Phil’s wife Pamela died just a few weeks ago from complications resulting from stage IV colon cancer. Pam was only 59 years old. Pam served in many community organizations including the Washington County Republican Women and the Humane Society of Washington County.

I hope you will join with me, in keeping Congressman Roe in your thoughts and prayers as he continues to serve his country and fellow man.

Thank you for listening, and may God Bless. This is John Hames

 

CONGRESSMAN AND DOCTOR PHIL ROE OF TENNESSEE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN ADDRESS - HEALTHCARE 

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN ADDRESS: BIPARTISAN ENTITLEMENT REFORM TO STRENGTHEN MEDICARE

WASHINGTON, DC – In the Weekly Republican Address, Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) discusses bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2) passed by the House this week that permanently replaces Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a more stable payment system that will ensure seniors’ access to their doctor.  The measure also includes critical, structural reforms that will strengthen the Medicare program and save taxpayers billions of dollars over the long term.  

Drawing on his more than 30 years of experience as a physician, Rep. Roe outlines how H.R. 2 will benefit seniors and families caring for elderly parents by preventing payment cuts to Medicare providers, and putting the program on a more sustainable path.  “We’re delivering the first real entitlement reform in nearly two decades,” Roe says. “This is progress, and it’s an example of what we can accomplish when we focus on finding common ground.”

As he notes in his address, Dr. Roe ran a successful medical practice in Johnson City for 31 years.  He is now in his fourth term representing Tennessee’s First Congressional District, serving as co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus.

The audio of the address is available here.  The video will be available to view and download tomorrow at 6:00 am ET on Speaker.gov and GOP.gov.

Remarks of Representative Phil Roe of Tennessee
Weekly Republican Address
The Ronald Reagan Room, Rayburn House Office Building
March 28, 2015

Hello, I’m Dr. Phil Roe, and I have the great honor of representing Tennessee’s First Congressional District, which is located in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee.  As a physician, I ran a successful medical practice in Johnson City for 31 years, delivering more than 5,000 babies. 

Today I’d like to talk to you about strengthening Medicare so it works for everyone from seniors now to a child born today.

First, here’s a fact.  Right now, a married couple – both 66, both making average earnings – will receive more than double in benefits what they actually contribute in Medicare payroll taxes over the course of their lifetimes.  That’s unsustainable.  It’s what’s driving our debt, and robbing our kids and our grandkids of benefits they’ll never see.

Not only that, but due to what’s called Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate formula, or SGR, doctors will soon be hit with an automatic 21 percent cut to the payments they receive for treating patients on Medicare.  This only jeopardizes seniors’ access to physicians they count on every day. 

Congress has faced this cliff before, nearly 20 times in fact.  And it won’t surprise you to learn that each time, Congress has punted, spending your money on short-term fixes without providing any kind of certainty for doctors and our seniors.  

But this time is different.  This week, the House passed bipartisan legislation to permanently repeal this formula.  Instead, we’re delivering the first real entitlement reform in nearly two decades.

These reforms ask higher-income seniors, like myself, to pay a little more for their premiums for Part B and D, and encourage certain beneficiaries to think more like consumers when it comes to their health care – a concept we know is the right approach to reducing health care costs.  Both reforms will be phased in over time.

For seniors, this will end years of needless concern and frustration that care will suffer from arbitrary cuts.

And for families, this will mean a more stable Medicare program to care for their elderly parents.

And for taxpayers, this will result in a huge amount of savings 20, 30, 40 years down the road.

Of course, much more needs to be done and like you, my to-do list for fixing our health care system is pretty long. 

We need to repeal the president’s flawed health care law.  We need to put the focus on patient-centered reforms that lower costs.   And we need to make the real reforms necessary to ensure Medicare and all of our entitlement programs can serve future generations.

For now, this is progress, and it’s an example of what we can accomplish when we focus on finding common ground. 

Thank you so much for listening.