From my standpoint, we are dealing with the fiscal situation here. We are dealing with financial problems.
I feel like I'm serving in the nation's largest kindergarten.
we are going to have a real good conversation about the long-term.
it is a little bit ironic that we are having it at a time this body hasn't had a national budget, our country hasn't for...
we are going to talk about long term, but we can't deal with the immediate.
It seems to me that one solution is to include more long-term care costs within Medicare, perhaps raising premiums, rais...
It's one of the key issues that we need to grapple with if we are going to transform to a high-quality and lower-cost he...
I have to admit I feel a little bit like I'm watching another copy of Groundhog's Day.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
How will students benefit from changes that we are discussing today?
We agree that Medicare needs to be fixed. All we are asking for is a level playing field.
I would really suggest you take a look at that GAO report.
So that is why the focus going forward has to be not the timing of this agreed-upon decision to honor the retiree health...
What are they talking about there? I have never understood that.
If it were up to me, I would set you free. I am incredibly impressed with what you are trying to do and the challenges y...
I worry about the projected growth of health care costs in a lot of these actuarial assumptions.
it is just a matter of a policy decision by the Congress.
Again, to me we are quibbling with details when you are talking about $96 billion--what difference would it make?
