Ben Cardin actually said...

"If you move to block-grant the Medicaid program, the odds are it is going to fill a budget number, not fill a policy-driven objective."

"So yes, the expansion of third-party coverage is critically important, but the quality of third-party coverage is also critically important."

"We are not going to improve our health-care system by telling people of means that they cannot spend money on health care."

"Resources are important. And I wish every policy decision we make in this committee and we make in Congress and make at the White House was driven by what is the right policy results."