House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on “Pathways to Universal Health Coverage.”

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On June 12, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Pathways to Universal Health Coverage.  You can watch the video here.

Don Berwick, MD, MPP, former director of the Center for Medicare and Medcaid Services, was among the witnesses.  He said “The United States ranks 56th in the world in infant mortality and 43rd in life expectancy.”  You can read his testimony here.