Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I was for a public option. I was more sympathetic than I usually would be to a single-payer type system..."

"But the bottom line is, we need these unique institutions, because they treat patients that other places have tried and failed to treat, or cannot treat."

"I tend to have sympathy for the idea that, because people are not paying themselves... the market system does not work in health care."

"Thank you, and I want to thank the three witnesses here today for their hard work here."