10/28/2009
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"I am especially appreciative of the fact that you cited those numbers at the beginning of your opening comments because they are certainly encouraging and I think you cannot fudge those numbers."
"you cannot know it without access to the data. So I am totally in favor of using data to add transparency."
"the day you publish the Medicare database in this country, you would have, in effect, a new baseline for health care in America."
"I think this would produce support across the political spectrum."