"It guts Medicaid by $1.4 trillion."
"These are cruel inflictions from an administration who claims to be addressing the opioid crisis."
"I sincerely hope that in our conversation today we can address the failings in HHS' budget vision."
"I share this goal and appreciate the additional funding, particularly for things like community behavioral health clinics."
"I really truly feel that eliminating the Medicaid--this is really truly eliminating the Medicaid entitlement, for all intents and purposes, by cutting by $1.4 trillion."
"Many of the provision in this budget claim to provide choice to patients when really they are just allowing patients to once again be offered less substantial coverage and services."
"In other words, there is clear data-driven support for maintaining existing standards and even making them more stringent."
"I am pleased that you are making progress with the goals set forth by MACRA to truly transition our Medicare payment system from value to volume."
"I find that every time we come to the hearings like this, I feel like the problem gets bigger and bigger."
"We can't talk about this crisis without acknowledging the importance of protecting Medicaid."
"In order to truly address the opioid crisis, we will need to build up our behavioral health system."
"We cannot follow the same script after the next inevitable data breach."