Frank Pallone

Again, Ms. Greenleaf, isn't it true that an income inconsistency does not necessarily mean an individual is getting too much or too little financial assistance?

The reason that I am in public service is because my hope was that I could say that I helped provide health care to all Americans.

If the consumer includes a hyphen in their name on their application which does not appear in Federal databases, that could generate an inconsistency.

An inconsistency on an application should not be a surprise.

It is not a surprise anymore that my Republican colleagues never want to talk about the good news with the Affordable Care Act.

The ACA is working. The results are in.

Why are they so worried about a subsidy for middle-class people instead of worrying about the big corporations or the oil companies?

We get it. Republicans don't like Obamacare. In fact, they won't recognize one single benefit from the law, and they predicted one disaster after another, and none of them have come true.

It is simply unacceptable that CMS does not yet have the internal controls necessary to validate Social Security numbers, citizenship, national status, income, and employer-sponsored coverage.

I couldn't agree more, that, as you say, FDA needs resources to ensure that they can rely on the best regulatory science available.

But in the end when medical advances reach patients, we must ensure that they are safe and effective.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Waxman The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would ask my colleagues to support the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone). The question was taken; and the Acting…

If Republicans are serious about improving the ACA to expand access, then I am eager to work with them.

What they want is for us, and for all of us, to solve the issues.

I think that is what we need to remember, is that this is really life and death to many, many people across this country.

Does having health insurance increase people's access to health care services?

The ACA has led to dramatic increases in health insurance coverage.

I can't sit idly by and listen to Republicans claim they want to expand health care access and then in the same breath claim that they want to repeal the ACA.

If Republicans were serious about improving health care access, I would be very pleased that we are having this hearing.

If we want to improve the new insurance market, let's do so. But, so far, I have not seen any serious effort by the Republicans to improve health coverage for anyone.

We cannot and should not lose sight of the great strides that this law has taken to get health insurance coverage to people who never had it.

The truth is, the Republicans aren't saying anything except let's go back to a system that gives companies free range.

If Republicans want to talk about how to ensure that this coverage equates to better access, let's have that debate.

8 million have private health insurance through the ACA's new marketplace; 6 million more now have Medicaid coverage.