10/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"It just makes no sense to me. And it is my understanding it was the Europeans that pressed us hard to move into this regime, and I am just wondering why we did not push back."
"I actually think it is a novel idea that you guys have come up with this countercyclical buffer."
"I mean, it seems like any American that would see one of these commercials on television, they would realize that something probably really bad is happening here, and you guys have evidence that 80 pe..."
"CMS, which spends billions of dollars each year on durable medical equipment, doesn't have the staff or the resources actually to look at these authorizations in advance in most cases."