Sixty mothers and their newborns, didn't ask for it, all got MRSA. They were fighting it.

Let us work together to prevent millions of infections and save 50,000 lives a year.

If Congress mandated the proper disinfection of these hospital rooms, we could save that many lives in two months.

I have got 20,000 patient days coming up, I can afford to buy the technology that is going to save you 20 to one on your spend.

I think the--I am in support of including more in Hospital Compare data and increasing the penalties on value-based purchasing.

If you don't move broad ranges of the population into these programs, what you get is the sickest

the existence of a penalty probably focuses the attention of the beneficiary

the benefit, as it is designed, doesn't include a catastrophic cap.

the things I pointed to did reduce Medicare's spend

the way the Commission has approached this in the ambulatory setting, the principal is, assuming and assuring actually that the beneficiary has access and quality, Medicare should seek the most efficient setting.

It is always an issue when you--I mean, you know, fee-for-service has the issues that I have raised, fragmentation and generation of volume.