I have come to the conclusion--this is critically important--that is that right now the reimbursement system is based on procedures.
So what I would like to do is get rid of the Medicaid program.
They have been very focused on the long-term issues that confront the country with the budget and the complete unsustainability of our curre...
we have got to be able to do better than this and we very much need your help and the help of your associates to point the way
the notion that we are going to go from 16 percent of GDP to 18 to 20 percent of GDP, we are on a track now by 2015 we are going to be at 20...
I like that idea very much.
I have had some of the most prominent economists. We have had them testify here. We had Allen Sinai sit at that desk and tell us we are head...
I also should advise members and their staffs that tomorrow we will have the Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Geithner, here to talk about the fin...
I appreciate the exceptional work that Senator Wyden has done on health care reform.
CBO's estimate showed the deficit in 2009 would be approximately $1.2 trillion, and that is before any policy changes.
I believe it is absolutely essential, once we have economic recovery underway, that we pivot and take on our long-term imbalances.
If the first $350 billion had not gone out, I believe the financial system would be in collapse today.
I think they have got a heavy burden to carry to make the argument that we should add substantial costs to health care.
The debt of the United States doubled over the last 8 years. It is set to, I believe, double again in the next 8 unless we change our long-t...
Senator Gregg's nomination to be the Commerce Secretary represents a great loss for the U.S. Senate and a great gain for the Obama administr...
A handful of people created, through excessive greed and dishonestly creating all of these esoteric financial tools which nobody understands...
I think I agree with Senator Conrad on this.
the key is getting it out into the economy now.
