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Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.

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Apr 16, 2013

OK. So, then, my interpretation was correct. You have a $400 million to $500 million loss, but the Federal Government subsidizes that----

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Apr 16, 2013

all the new doctors we are going to need to implement the health care bill, we cannot keep cutting graduate medical education, which is a Medicare subsidy for residents.

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Apr 16, 2013

Madam Secretary, we are losing a lot of money to Medicare fraud, Medicaid fraud as well, and we are going to be having a hearing on this in the Aging Committee.

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Apr 16, 2013

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Secretary, thank you for your public service.

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Apr 16, 2013

Well, you know the attacks against the President's proposal and the amendment 4 years ago. It is going to reduce research, it is going to limit access, it is going to result in higher consumer prices.

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Apr 16, 2013

Well, what I interpret they want to do is, they own the tracks----

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Apr 16, 2013

it is what Congress has to justify.

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Apr 15, 2013

We need tougher controls on access to private information, but it needs to be done efficiently without adding more paperwork to the process.

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Apr 15, 2013

We, of course, are trying to get results, Mr. Administrator.

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Apr 15, 2013

Unfortunately, I think most of us think that this sequester's not going to go away until the new fiscal year, so we are facing a problem--as we would say in Florida, 'a problema.'

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Apr 15, 2013

I think the testimony today has brought out parts of it.

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Apr 15, 2013

I will be asking for an update on the status of this.

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