WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee; Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee; and their colleagues in introducing the Seniors Deserve SMARTER (Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery) Care Act, legislation that would prohibit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from implementing the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model.

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