Political Quotes

“Thank you, and precisely the point that I'm agreeing on with you and that I think we all have driven to philosophically is that we need to have solutions that empower our doctors, our patients and our providers to do all of them, to have the best and to do the best. And consumer-based solutions are possible. Our Doctors Caucus is working very hard on providing those ideas. Real liability reform has to be part of this. We cannot possibly continue as we have been. That was a glaring omission from the ACA. In addition, we need to recognize, appreciate and act upon the knowledge that our medical care can cost less. We do need to pay attention to costs, but we need to empower our patients, our doctors and our providers to use their best judgment, not empower something like the Independent Payment Advisory Board to make those decisions for us. That is a very dangerous thing and something that Americans will find very distressing and disturbing. And the inevitable result of the ACA is that, and you can trace it out, but we will end up having less choice. The government will make decisions for us. They will be decisions we don't like. We need our consumers and our providers to be able to make those decisions.”