Pete Stark: “Centers of Excellence has already been proven to decrease mortality and lower cost.”

I can count on maybe one hand the Democrats who support vouchers or similar proposals.

I would first of all like to try to make it the protocol in this committee--I am not succeeding too well--that we strike from our lexicon the word 'disability.'

I think it is the first hearing that Republicans have held in the Ways and Means Committee to advance their plan to end the Medicare as we know it.

First, you could pay the penalty and remain uninsured.