"I think it is highly unlikely that the House Republicans are going to give you this money for outreach that you are asking for, but again, they can't come back here and criticize if the outreach doesn't occur if they are not funding it."
"it is a little crazy to come here and say we should repeal the ACA, we should defund the ACA."
"the Republican leadership on the committee as well as in the House just rabidly attacks the ACA every day."
"Can you share with us why not cost shifting to beneficiaries was felt to be so important?"
"I ask unanimous consent to submit for the record various statements from the United Steel Workers..."
"I also appreciate the recognition that we need to move delivery systems and payment systems reform to more value-based systems."
"So in your proposal, isn't it true that the savings come from the tax on first-dollar supplemental coverage?"
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"I am concerned that some people are eyeing this idea of Medicare benefit redesign as a way to simply get budgetary savings by shifting more costs onto the backs of beneficiaries."
"we have come a long way since then."
"That is why as chairman of this subcommittee, I worked alongside many of my colleagues, Democrat and Republican alike, and we passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ..."