Susan Collins actually said...

"I do not think we have seen a transformation. I see it very differently from my colleague from Massachusetts."

"if we keep cutting providers' reimbursements under the same system and do not reform the delivery of health care, we eventually are going to affect access and that concerns me greatly."

"I think this is a result of the recession and the result of cuts to providers."

"is it over time just does have an erosive and corrosive effect on not only the payment rates, obviously, but in terms of access--potentially, access to care."