John Sarbanes actually said...

"The Affordable Care Act, as we know, includes an expansion of the Medicaid program to include more low-income adults."

"Medicaid is an important program. We view it as a critical safety net that provides healthcare coverage for those individuals who have been shut out of private insurance."

"We are talking about a program that covers children and adults with disabilities, and pays for nearly half of all long-term care services."

"My hope, as I yield back my time, is that we can strike the right balance so that it is cost effective to pursue a number of these different opportunities and that we can safeguard, as I said, public ..."