Frank Pallone actually said...

They would simply slash existing programs. They would end Medicare as we know it, and they would slash medical research.

Unfortunately, the debate of IPAB reminds me of the Base Realignment and Closure or BRAC process.

We should absolutely not, under any circumstances, seed legislative power to the executive branch.

I do think that certainly when I hear from the doctors, you know, they see the SGR and, again, the cliff we faced in January as the biggest ...