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I couldn't feel more strongly that the SGR system just isn't working right.

The case for reform of our health care system has never been stronger.

It's completely backwards--and it has to change.

I am encouraged by the commitment President-elect Obama has made to early childhood education.

It is no longer an illness-driven system, it is a wellness-driven system.

The flaws in our health system are pervasive and corrosive. They threaten our health and economic security.

We try to work together, when possible, to write legislation that focuses on what we can agree on--not what divides us.

I have a sense that the time has come for real constructive bipartisan action on healthcare.

We have cost problems. We have access problems. But as you rightfully point out in your question, we certainly have quality problems.

I think we need to change the paradigm in this country on health.

I want to re-instate a science-driven environment. I want to take ideology and politics as much as humanly possible out of the process.

Well, Senator Coburn, I believe that a top-down review is essential. I would start with that. I think it is very, very important for us to understand what the problems are before we try to make the system better.

I commend President-elect Obama for selecting such an extraordinary nominee to lead the Nation's healthcare agenda.

It ought to be the choice of the disability community as to where they would like to get their care and to live their lives.

The sustainable growth rate is an outdated system that basically incentivizes people using patient utilization rather than looking at healthy outcomes for reimbursement.

One is defining our issues as clearly as we can. And before we can ever get to the solutions of healthcare, we have to make sure that we are all on the same page with regard to the problems of healthcare.

Confirming the President's nominees is one of the most important Constitutional duties of the Senate.

It is always better to build a child than to repair an adult.