Ben Cardin actually said...

"You have all indicated that you support the ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty."

"I will just make one last observation. That is, we know that we are going to reduce costs and hospital infection rates. We know that."

"But I want to get back to reality. You all are facing additional cuts in the Medicaid programs in every State in this Nation."

"The challenge is, it is so difficult to put that into code where you are reducing, in your case, reimbursements to hospitals based upon admissions and rewarding long-term care providers based upon res..."