Thomas E. Price

Furthermore, any Senator who would like to argue that the States are ill-equipped to handle their Medicaid programs should explain why that is the case given that the overwhelming consensus we've heard from governors nationwide over the…

Any Senator who would like to argue that the Federal Government should spend more Medicaid dollars to provide coverage for non-disabled, childless adults at the expense of disabled patients who remain on waiting lists should explain why.

It means maintaining, and expanding, America's leading role in medical innovation and the treatment and eradication of disease.

It means ensuring that our Nation's Medicaid population has access to quality care.

It means saving, strengthening, and securing Medicare for today's beneficiaries and future generations.

Today's challenges make it even more important that we strengthen our resolve to keep the promises we, as a society, have made to our senior citizens and to those among us who are most in need of care and support.