Is there any straightface argument for Medicare not bargaining for drugs?
I will try to be very brief.
I am interested in improvement, not elimination.
the sequester was designed to be stupid. It was designed to be unacceptable as an alternative, therefore forcing the Sup...
Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks for having this hearing.
cutting spending generally without dealing with the health care cost is like invading Brazil after Pearl Harbor.
I, too, believe programs should work.
the primary goal there is to reduce the deficit by about $2.1 trillion.
I would argue we do not have a spending problem; we have a health care problem.
I realize I am almost out of time, but my only disagreement with that would be if we only focus on the entitlement Medic...
It seems to me that a way to discuss this is to try to identify what is the sweet spot in terms of percentage of GDP for...
My concern is that by using this explosion of Federal expenditures based on health care to cut things like defense and n...
I would point out that revenues right now are about a point below the 40-year average in terms of percent of GDP.
If we are going to act on this issue, we have to do so without delay.
If we cut all those other areas and do not do something about the overall health care expenditure, we are never going to...
It seems to me that this has been a fascinating and important discussion, and there is an important issue here that you ...
The fundamental civil rights of American citizens are more than just a social issue.
What is the appropriate role for Government in these areas? And I just do not see that, again, paying for everybody's re...