Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"Senator Whitehouse, as he mentioned, is addressing many of these issues with his Removing Barriers to Patient-Centered Care Act of 2016."

"Another is the Medicare rule that forbids patients to receive Medicare coverage in a skilled nursing home without having had the two-night rule, the consecutive 3-day inpatient hospital stay first."

"When we are dealing with this patient group--people who are usually elderly, often very, very ill, and at least in contemplation of their mortality--and we are trying to develop care plans for them th..."

"The enforcement of these standards has meant a big deal to Rhode Island. We are back in attainment; our bad air days are diminished; there are fewer asthma and hospital visits."