Frank Pallone: “And again, because the gentleman and I feel very strongly about the fact that we feel the Republicans are just catering…”

“And again, because the gentleman and I feel very strongly about the fact that we feel the Republicans are just catering to the insurance companies and to the prescription drug companies, the very reason why the Republican plan, in my opinion, is so complicated and ultimately, I think, breaks Medicare and destroys Medicare is because they are going out of their way to try to cater to these two special interests. Because to the extent that they feel the necessity of privatizing and having seniors eventually buy private health insurance, they are essentially breaking the system. And in the same way because they refuse to have any kind of negotiated price and bring prices down, they are making the prescription drug program essentially not a generous plan because what they want to do essentially is have more seniors buy drugs at higher prices but not allow them to have a plan that is really something that is going to be meaningful for them and help them.”