03/14/2017
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"That is true. And also bundle payments so that you are looking for the outcome. Instead of paying every little thing that happens, you get cheaper and you get better outcomes."
"I know my time is gone, but I would just ask rhetorically of the committee: is his success in Illinois a result of the new health care law, his PPO, or both?"
"I would say this is the Congress's responsibility, not the executive branch's, to fix, and I would urge you to fix it as quickly as possible."
"What I would plead with the committee to consider doing is, if you cannot provide more money, let us look at ways to simplify the statute, simplify our responsibilities."