Al Franken actually said...

"I don't understand why they would need access to all their health care information prior to that."

"Hospitals have to find a way to collect the money that's owed to them, and I'm sure you'd agree."

"I can't express enough the care that I received there, doctors and nurses, coordinators, food service people, housekeeping."

"Do you think there's a better way to collect payment from patients than the way you were treated in the hospital?"