Joseph Pitts actually said...

"We need to provide States with the flexibility to pursue these options, not lock them in a one-size-fits-all model dictated by Washington."

"Medicaid is in trouble."

"We reimburse so poorly in Medicaid that the patients can only do what they have always done, which is go to the emergency room, the highest point of contact. If we expand the program, we are going to ..."

"I am extremely concerned that their proposal will simply lead to higher premiums and greater financial burdens on low-income elderly or disabled Medicaid beneficiaries."