"I believe that is the wrong direction; I believe that instead we should focus on some of the steps we began to take under the Affordable Care Act..."
"I hope, as we move forward, we will focus on that approach to modernizing Medicare and Medicaid..."
"we need reforms, and we need changes for Social Security."
"I think we should tackle this issue sooner rather than later. In fact, I think we should get to it right away."
"I take it you stand by your letter, and if you could just elaborate for a moment on that issue, just to put that issue to rest once and for all."
"If you are simply transferring a Medicare beneficiary from the Medicare system into the private health market, and the growth in costs in the private health market is the same or higher than Medicare,..."
"surveys from individuals who are in the private health care system compared to surveys who are on the Medicare system, with regard to their current access to doctors and providers, and across the boar..."
"So once it is fully phased in, and the chairman mentioned reductions in the Medicare. So some of the savings we achieved, a significant amount of savings we achieved, were in reducing these overpaymen..."
"the impact of that is that, not only tax payers, but other Medicare beneficiaries who are paying premiums in the fee-for-service program are actually cross-subsidizing the seniors on Medicare in the M..."
"And in fact, just to close out, Mr. Chairman, in your testimony you point out that in those cases where your support, the amount of your voucher does not keep pace with the market costs of health care..."
"This budget represents a plan. It represents a responsible plan, a good plan."
"Again, welcome, Mr. Secretary. Having participated in some of those rounds, my sense was they basically collapsed because of the fundamental issue that we are debating right here in this committee, wh..."