Earl Blumenauer actually said...

The costs in the long run are as egregious as anything that we are facing with other entitlements, and we really have not talked about how w...

I represent a State, Oregon, where we have made a commitment to the Federal Government to reduce our Medicare spending 2 percent a year over...

Seems kind of goofy, but that is the political process.

The complexity that some people want is just going to add costs and water down the ability to deliver overall high quality service.