Joseph Pitts actually said...

"I must say with all due respect to the committee, I think that the parity adjustment to get Medicare Advantage back to fee-for-service, which was enacted, is not the issue that should be focused on."

"It is clear that the Medicare Advantage program is under attack and that these beneficiaries are beginning to feel the effects of the over $300 billion in direct and indirect cuts included in Obamacar..."

"I would suggest to you that that is pretty disingenuous to say if you like your plan, you can keep it."

"Individuals are losing coverage that they are happy with and the doctors with which they are comfortable, and this is a tragedy."