Frank Pallone actually said...

"I believe very strongly--I am opposed to IPAB, but one of the reasons I also was opposed to it was because I thought that in the Affordable Care Act that we did a very good job about keeping costs dow..."

"IPAB has the potential to cause serious harm to Medicare beneficiaries"

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

"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 threat to Medicare, more so than IPAB."