Bill Cassidy

The individual mandate really does not do anything. It is actually Governors. If a Governor gets engaged, my gosh, things happen, but the individual mandate? Minimal effect.

I want -- I think we need a fresh perspective, there needs to be fresh momentum.

So simple answer is no, but let's just say that he's speaking specifically of the individual market which is only four percent of those who are insured.

I do think there's internal contradictions within the Affordable Care Act that makes it hard to sustain long term.

I think it's better to say was a listening session with governors.

Mark's congressional and private experience make him eminently qualified for this position.

I am very interested in kind of a granular understanding of what happens at a particular VA.

Thank you all for volunteering to serve.

I would argue that if we are going to increase our security through that subtle power you speak of in your testimony...

I think we can all agree upon that, right?

Some of these high-tech companies have very low effective tax rates. . . . How much lower can you get than zero?

I do not necessarily always agree with economists, but I do in this case think they are probably right when they say that a consumption tax base is more conducive to economic growth.

I cannot help but note that we are more prosperous than every country which has a consumption tax.

If we cannot, because you mentioned earlier that it is so expensive to lower the corporate tax rate--can we get it down to Ireland's? Maybe not.

If we are going to do tax reform, is it just a matter of lowering the corporate rate so it does not profit them to move overseas?

The highly mobile intangibles--Microsoft can move licenses to their Irish subsidiary, and they do not pay a single cent of tax.

VVA supports the inclusion of urgent care services as a choice for veterans to receive health care.

This would allow him or her to go to that urgent care center which the VA was contracted for a reasonable rate and for the veteran to receive their care there.

I will not decide until I feel like I understand the bill.

Under current law, the Medicaid expansion is not really sustainable for states.

If someone gets off Medicaid on to private that could actually be a good thing.

No. I'm still working through it. We're about 2/3 of the way through it.

The plan which is referring to is essential health benefits. Again, it does not repeal the essential health benefits. So it is still covers maternity, still covers addictions, still covers all the other things that you would expect it to…

There's no lifetime limits. A simply answer, yes, it does. There's no lifetime limits. It does lower the cost of premiums.

As you present that, I ask, does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test? Was a child born with congenital heart disease be able to get everything he or she would need in the first year of life? I want it to pass the Jimmy Kimmel test.