And again, that is why it just seems like managed care would be custom made, that this is where it would integrate and bring things together.

So that is a third category, if you will, combined?

So just for a specific example, if you can use your Medicare dollar to get a personal attendant for a patient who is pre-nursing home, if you will, then that can save money on the Medicaid side, which would be a much greater expense, by…

Now, Republican have proposed freeing States from the rigid Medicaid rules, which make it difficult to coordinate benefits between Medicaid and Medicare.

Unfortunately, under the current situation, Medicare provides incentives to treat patients in one way and it provides Medicare incentives to treat patients in another way.

Medicare, per the actuaries who run the program, is going bankrupt in 10 years hastened by $500 billion extracted from it by Obamacare.

Medicare and Medicaid are important programs that are unfortunately unsustainable in their current form.

Medicaid is bankrupting States, and this was before the Obamacare mandates that usurp States' rights.

We have also put forward a plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy, to preserve Medicare as it has been known for those who are on it, and to preserve it for those who will be on it.

Mr. Speaker, over 14 years in private practice in medicine, I had the great privilege to treat many, many Medicare patients, thousands of Medicare patients. I did open heart surgery, complex open heart surgery, lung cancer surgery, in…

Mr. Speaker, we are at a great turning point in history when it comes to the survival of Medicare. The CMS actuary just informed us that Medicare will become insolvent in just 12 years. That means that if you're on Medicare, or expect to…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment prevents any taxpayer funds from being used to implement the Department of Agriculture's new rule and regulation titled Policy Statement on Climate Change Adaptation. Mr. Chairman, we've had this debate on…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the period of morning business be extended until 3:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Madam President, I rise to bring to the Senate's and the Congress's attention a great challenge that we have before us relative to the budget of the Department of Homeland Security and, frankly, it is a challenge facing the entire budget…

I understand the market collapsed and these loans were made prior to this Administration coming on.

I am going to try to fix this legislatively because while it might be too late for the people of Louisiana, it is very timely for the people of Joplin, Missouri.

I just want to go on the record that I think it is something, with the Chairman of the Subcommittee here on Disaster Response and Preparedness, I thought I would bring it up before Senator Pryor, and the two of us are going to work on some…