I think it goes to Congressman Morelle's question about Medicare and how it could lead in innovation in payment.

I think what is motivating us here is the fact that the system we have right now is deeply flawed and that we have 29 million Americans without insurance, over 40 million Americans underinsured.

We ought to be able to go on both tracks. I refuse to believe that we are incapable of doing great things.

Thirteen years it took me to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula, and I did. And I did it in a bipartisan fashion.

The solution has to involve approaching medical care in just the same way we approach educating our children, maintaining our roads, or supporting our armed forces.

All I want to do is practice medicine in a world where I no longer have to watch a patient walk out of the ER without medical care that could save their life because they are worried about going bankrupt.

I think this is the appropriate place to begin the conversation around healthcare.

The fact is, Donald Trump does not have a plan to address healthcare, unless you consider dismantling the Affordable Care Act...

I believe we can do great things here if we want to, right? We can walk and we can chew gum at the same time.

I apologize. But let me just--as I looked at it, the private insurance, this will help perhaps guide your answer, private insurance is about a third of the Medicaid--or of healthcare expense.

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