Pete Stark: “The choice between our values of inclusiveness and pluralism and our security is a false one.”

I happen to be a fan of his bill to get rid of this idea that if a physician doesn't take Medicare, they are out of the system for 2 years.

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.'

The 75-year target doesn't bother me much, but I will come back and ask Mr. Herger, he will find out what it is like.

I strongly agree with that and yet, here we are where repealing the ACA without a replacement as the Republicans have already begun to do, would cost roughly $350 billion through 2027.