"I believe that the reform that we started to talk about last week will be meaningless without a health workforce that is both adequate in size and competency, competency, to respond to an increased demand and a new focus on efficiency, on outcomes, on prevention, on wellness, on coordination."
"I think this is very fundamental to the issue of cost that we are struggling with."
"I believe there is room for efficiencies and quality improvement, that is what we are all here about, I guess."
"What design do you envision for a bundled payment system that best ensures hospitals and providers have adequate information and resources to avoid re-admissions, very expensive, and improved patient ..."
"I do not feel comfortable penalizing a hospital without giving them the tools to positively change their delivery and their referral methods."
"So, chronic disease is at the very heart? If we don't address that, we're not really going to get to meaningful health reform."
"I want to avoid those flaws."
"I firmly believe that we must have a minimum set of benefits to make our promise to cover even the sickest individuals."
"the baloney that we have been listening to for too many years, we must address that factually"
"It is like almost taking bargaining rights away from cops and firefighters. That would be pretty stupid, it would seem to me."
"The argument about shutting down airports is many times presented as to why we can't allow collective bargaining rights to TSOs."