{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140518210955/http://rothfus.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=618", "Restoring Medicare Advantage Choice for Our Seniors", "2013-12-04", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Keith Rothfus", "R000598", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Keith Rothfus [PA-12] delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on H.R. 2453, the Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act.\u00a0 The legislation, which Congressman Rothfus and Congressman Kurt Schrader [OR-05] introduced in June, restores the open enrollment period that previously enabled seniors to switch Medicare Advantage plans once during the first three months of each year.\n\n\tThis morning the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled, \u201cMedicare Advantage: What Beneficiaries Should Expect Under the President\u2019s Health Care Law.\u201d\u00a0 Congressman Joe Pitts [PA-16] noted that, \u201c[\u2026] there are several existing reform proposals for Medicare Advantage that merit further discussion and feedback.\u00a0 Concepts like [\u2026] bipartisan policies such as those introduced by Representative Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania that would restore choices for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and not limit their options to traditional FFS (fee for service) or their existing plans.\u201d\u00a0 Congressman Pitts is the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.\n\n\tCongressman Michael Burgess [TX-26] noted during the hearing that restoring the Medicare Advantage open enrollment period, which has been previously proposed, was a \u201creasonable suggestion\u201d that he thought the Committee could support.\u00a0 Congressman Burgess is the Vice Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.\n\n\tClick here to read more about H.R. 2453, the Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act.\n\n\tRelated: House Ways and Means Committee \u2013 Turns Out You Can\u2019t Keep Your Doctor", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140518210955/http://rothfus.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&itemid=618"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4762799255549908, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}