"Independent experts believe that the Affordable Care Act, despite its name, might very well increase what Americans spend on health care, both in terms of money and in time."
"Moreover, Obama Care increases Federal Government control over U.S. health care system, increases the third-party payment problem, and reduces consumer choice."
"I think the most important change we can make in our health care system to encourage price competition and quality competition would be to allow everybody to have a flexible health savings account."
"We should have a very flexible account that wraps around any third-party plan and then let the market determine how much should be paid by the patient and how much by the third-party payer."
"We have to find some way to be able to get plain prices out there so that people can engage with that."
"We are all in the middle of the transition to the Affordable Care Act and we are all kind of watching the Administration right now trying to implement things."
"Based on just typical behavior of individuals, there is this sense that individuals will stay out of the insurance market until they are sick because they have guaranteed coverage at this point."
"I think it is going to be a huge problem, and it is going to be made worse if the application form is 21 pages long."
"I think that what we should be doing is making sure that it works."
"You are doing a lot to push Americans to think about health care in different ways and to be able to encourage us to do some of those things as well."
"We do not have infinite number of dollars. We do have to spend what we do have wisely in the direction of this."
"One dollar of federal money significantly raises the cost of a highway project."