Chuck Schumer actually said...

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

"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 have always thought free market models do not really work in health care very well."

"It is only fair to provide them with the information necessary to do that. That is how markets can work."