There are only, in my opinion, two alternatives to the Affordable Care Act. One is to go back to where we were, where insurance companies decided who lived and died, and single-payer, Medicare for everyone.

Republicans have been unwilling to address problems. Instead, they have just said, 'Let's repeal it,' and they have done that 65 times in the House.

I will keep an open mind. I will ask questions and I look forward to hearing more from our witnesses.

And finally, I think it is interesting that several of you said the ACA focused largely on coverage...

We passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010; I would be interested in knowing how many of those hospitals have closed in the last 2 or 3 years because in my State of Kentucky, what we have heard is that rural hospitals have been saved by the…

In my State, which has probably done the best job of expanding Medicaid of any State in the country, we have reduced the uninsured population by 60 percent.

I thank the chairman. I just want to thank all the witnesses and these discussions have been going on for a long time, in many different forms, and sometimes it gets pretty heated up.

The American people have made it clear they do not support repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Mr. Chairman, I will remind my colleague that his vote today to repeal the Affordable Care Act will result in 1.6 million people from his State of Florida losing their healthcare coverage, 181,000 workers losing their jobs, and an economic…

Mr. Chairman, I will remind my colleague that his vote today to repeal the Affordable Care Act will result in 327,000 people from his State of Virginia losing their healthcare coverage, 52,000 workers losing their jobs, and an economic…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch), a distinguished member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.