It was a very compelling argument, a very successful argument.
The long-term discussion on Medicare is a discussion that continues to, I think, get everybody's attention.
In a siloed payment system, there is no accountability.
So when these things are manipulated--and I know that is a characterization, but I will characterize it as a manipulatio...
Because this is a zero-sum game, right?
It is a selective admission process. And their argument is, look, this shows that the system isn't being abused and so f...
It is almost as if we have asked, you know, how much does your spouse weigh or something.
popularity notwithstanding, there is a real challenge there in terms of the reality.
That is unsustainable, and that, I think, is one of the factors that is driving part of our challenge today.
My comments were designed to illustrate the very difficult trade-offs. There is no party that has a monopoly on empathy ...
So your testimony today is that the trustees, the people that are calling balls and strikes on this, are saying that in ...