Medicare cuts could drive about 15 percent of hospitals and other institutional providers into the red and possibly jeopardizing access to care for seniors. That's a significant risk.

Well, not only am I suggesting that, but the President's agency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, put that in writing.

I received a letter from a member of the Pennsylvania State House explaining a resolution he has introduced to stop the Federal Government from imposing unfunded mandates on the State. The resolution cites the Urban Institute as estimating…

That's right. I don't think we do either. The original Senate bill was 2,000 pages. We had a manager's amendment, and a reconciliation bill on top of that. We are talking close to 4,000 pages, and now the bureaucrats have to take that bill…

One of the premises that I have always led my life by is the best predictor of future performance is past performance. I think there is a significant issue, a great divide being what is being said, what the President said about the health…

I thank my good friend from Missouri for leading this discussion. It is such an important discussion as we look at the consequences of this health care bill that has been passed.

Yes, and not just from my constituents. When I get home, I am out all over my district. My district is a great snapshot of Pennsylvania because it is actually 22 percent of the landmass of the commonwealth State, so it is a fairly large…

In terms of Medicaid, I think it's an important area for us to look at in terms of, again, the credibility of what the President said he was going to deliver, of what the Democrats say they are going to deliver and what the reality is in…

Sixty. For specialists today, it's 60 percent. It's expected to go to 80 percent. So they may have coverage, but they really don't have access. If you don't have a physician who is able to accept you or who will see you, then we're not…

I want to reach back into the past, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, where similar cuts were made to the Medicare program, because we have been accused of making this things up on this side of the aisle when it comes to rationing of…

The question is for the President, Mr. President, when did you have this report? And why did Congress not have it? As the actuaries put it: ``Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that a significant portion of the increased demand for…

And you don't. When you're looking at difficulty recruiting and retaining health care professionals, especially to rural areas and some urban areas, when you look at escalating costs of medical liability insurance--which our colleagues…