"This MLR is clearly prejudiced against such plans."
"there are some problems with the way the statute was drafted because it didn't take into account the fact that if you have a consumer-directed plan..."
"So let me ask you, has there been any sort of, for example, regression and analysis to see if there is a secular trend that is just continuing downward usage as we increase taxes versus this kind of s..."
"Do we know that the effects of this taskforce, which I am sure consume a fair amount of resources--are they responsible for our decrease in tobacco usage or would it just be the fact that we are taxin..."
"Well, I buy glucosamine chondroitin just to tell you more about myself than you care to know."
"But what about my credit card company?"
"Now, what if it is a prescription medication?"
"So is it possible to surely make me fully aware of this but I am not fully aware of it because it is somewhere on line 47 of paragraph 42?"
"Hon. Bill Cassidy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Louisiana, opening statement."
"If Medicare is now paying less than Texas Medicaid, what will that do for access to services for those who have Medicare?"
"Under current law Medicare will be paying providers less than Medicaid."