Bill Cassidy actually said...

"Let's make a difference for the people whom we represent--for those patients in hospitals who I once treated who otherwise would not have access to care."

"whenever you decrease profits, you get less innovation."

"I have been concerned that we don't really know how we are going to price those."

"Now, the affordability though, we are defining affordability for the patient. So, if Medicaid covers it, it is by definition affordable for the patient, or if the insurance does."