And you've talked a lot about the complexity, and you gave two great examples on the front end, and aligning incentives and all of that.
I want to applaud you for trying to figure out a better way of dealing with dual eligibles, I really do.
So based on that statement, do you think there will be much impact on the savings that we're seeing from Medicare Part D now?
And will that differ, by the way, per each state?
I think, again, when you look at the interest that we've had in this hearing, the people that are here, you find this anytime there are chan...
Well, thank you very much.
I think with input from stakeholders who care deeply about the lives of these dual eligibles, and with oversight from Congress, I think we c...
I think we need to look to the private sector, and we need to be very concerned about what's going to happen from the standpoint of debt, de...
It's phenomenal to see what happens there, and it really is a model of how health care can and should work in our country.
Medicare reform is certainly--not necessarily the dual-eligible component but probably that, too--is going to be a topic that I think we may...
It doesn't matter whether they are Republicans or they are Democrats. Only 7 percent approve of the job we are doing.
We have, unfortunately, lost the confidence of the American people as a Congress.
Rather than blame people, let's learn from our mistakes.
We are going to spend about $45 to $47 trillion of taxpayer money over the next 10 years.
You have been a little vague on what additional tools you have, and I understand that.
I think we should have a single mandate, and I know we have talked about that.
I think, on the other hand, for us to potentially kick the can down the road on sequestration creates even more...
From what I can tell, there appears to be general agreement that periodic retrospective review of existing regulations is a good thing.
