Joseph Pitts actually said...

"Clearly, we are failing those most in need of our help."

"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 ..."