Chris Murphy actually said...

"How important is it for underserved areas and Medicaid populations, in particular, to keep these Medicaid rates for primary care pegged at the Medicare number going forward?"

"To the extent that reimbursement is an issue, as you know, the ACA made a pretty significant investment in raising Medicaid rates for primary care physicians."

"That is not, just as Senator Warren said, to create an advertisement for divesting in traditional residency programs."

"Clearly, that tells us that if you pay physicians in the Medicaid program and you pay practitioners in the Medicaid program close to what it actually costs them to do the work, they're going to start ..."