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Instead of outcomes, we spend too much time talking about inputs.

This is the sort of big-idea, bipartisan initiative that we need more of in Washington, and he has helped make that happen here.

Well, I want to thank Chairman Reichert for holding this hearing today to discuss how social impact bonds can be an innovative tool to improve social and public health outcomes, save taxpayer resources, and unleash non-governmental…

I want the hearing intent to be a resolution, not a condemnation.

I certainly believe the former.

This is not just a health care issue; it is a political issue. It is political in the sense of who is going to run your life.

This is the issue. It certainly is not stale, and I think leadership demands that we lead on what could be.

Let's trust people, not some government bureaucrat or some utopian searching person who is, yes, well-meaning.

My fear is that this law will not work.

Unfortunately, the law leaves too many of those problems unsolved, and it makes health care more expensive for too many people.

But again, in my view, the Affordable Care Act is not going to be the solution to solve that problem.

Again, as a physician I want everyone to have access to quality, affordable health care.

I think getting people back to work is one of the best ways we solve our health care problem.

The CBO actually said that people now have the ability to choose not to work and be dependent on a government program.

The American people think about the Affordable Care Act, it is less popular today than it was the day it was passed.

The promise was the Affordable Care Act would decrease rates and make things more affordable. So any increase of a cost under the Affordable Care Act is a broken promise.

What we are talking about in the comprehensive sense is empowering the individual, trusting the individual.

We are suffering under [the Affordable Care Act], as the majority of the testimony here clearly indicates.