Joseph Pitts actually said...

"This should be about consumer choice, not a one-size-fits-all state mandate package that may or may not address a particular individual's needs."

"Do the regulations of guarantee issue and community rating penalize people that have been responsible and purchased insurance before they were sick?"

"If you would continue, Dr. Parente, would the optimum policy goal be to have a system where consumers have more choice?"

"it is the patient protections that need to be in place"