Bill Nelson

If you would attend to that, I sure would appreciate it.

Would it not have been a wise thing to do, to be beneficial to the people that are making the claim, to know how those claims were going to be evaluated before they submitted those claims?

As in any big organization, somewhere it has broken down with, for example, the two I just mentioned.

At the end of the day, what we are trying to do is help people.

People are hurting. When you have your electricity shut off, they are hurting.

That is a step in the right direction.

I want to bring those frustrations to you, Mr. Feinberg, respectfully.

You are not going to be able to get--you are going to get beat because the powerful interests are there that can always beat you on an individual basis.

Why should Medicare be paying the premium price for drugs instead of the discounts that the U.S. Government gets in the drugs for Medicaid?

You have to take that comprehensive approach.

Other than the symbolic value of tackling Social Security for the long term, which is a notable goal.

I just wanted to say publicly, Mr. Chairman, that I have seen the Secretary on a daily basis perform his duties in the last several weeks...

I want to add my comment and you are to get back to us and I would appreciate it if you would get back to me, as well as to the other Senators who raised the issue.

With the Panama Canal being expanded...these large ships are going to be able to come right through the Panama Canal and come to East Coast ports and that is going to increase a good bit of activity both coming in and going out.

The law is the law, and the good news is, Mr. Chairman, the President proposes and the Congress disposes.

Putting this together has been tough for you. It is a good first step, but we have a long way to go.

A big part of the discretionary outlays that grew during 2010 was the stimulus bill, and a big portion of the stimulus bill was the money going to the States, the State fiscal stabilization.

At the end of this 10-year decade, what is the effect of the trust fund of Social Security on the operating budget deficit of the U.S.

The repeal of the health legislation would increase budget deficits by something on the order of $230 billion

The health care bill as it is passed right now and as it is law is roughly going to save the Federal Government in the next 10 years about a quarter of a trillion dollars

So we see less of a robust recovery as a result of all this Federal money not going to the States for things that are hard to see because they are not roads and bridges that are being built.

As Senator Nelson said, people will get healthcare when they need it, and it's going to be less expensive in the long run.

We just have an obligation to try to help people.

Why should there be a country as advanced as ours that, of the 300 million people, 45 million people do not have health insurance

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