I mean, certainly if you are well off, there ought to be some copays.
CBO essentially outlines some options like that.
I was thrilled that Chairman Baucus, who has done very good work on this health reform issue, has also put out in his White Paper, a very co...
You all gave $700 billion--first installment $350 billion, perhaps the vote tonight on $350 million more--to these financial institutions.
I just say respectfully I hope that you and your colleagues who are the best in the business will come up with more aggressive, more immedia...
I think your last point is really one to wrap up on.
I want to commend you and Senator Gregg on putting together this panel.
the Obama administration, to its credit--Senator Conrad and I have been hearing encouraging news on this point--wants to do that
Market economics has always been about chicken-and-egg. You make investment decisions, and if they are the right ones, promising things happ...
We ran the numbers, Dr. Elmendorf, with the CBO figures. You all indicated that we are going to spend $2.5 trillion this year on health care...
It is important to be cautious about the idea of going out in this health reform debate and spending vast sums of new money right out of the...
The President made two pledges in his campaign that it seems to me in the health area bring Democrats and Republicans together.
I think as you get into this, there are really kind of three parts to this.
There is such a large amount of money there in the Federal tax rules that you do free up a substantial amount for expanding coverage.
Nothing is more important, Mr. Secretary, to getting our economy back on track than gaining public confidence.
The President, to his credit, called these bonuses 'shameful'.
Senator Snowe and I want to make sure this is bipartisan, and we look forward to those discussions today.
Few developments have done more to harm public confidence in what is happening here in Washington than the news in the last few weeks of the...
