"I think it will be interesting to see whether, as time moves on, this solidifies or sort of fragments."
"That's a silly way of dealing with it, but a way to at least get it started, because, in essence, the Canadian government and its citizens are taking advantage of our citizens by virtue of setting pri..."
"I support the provisions included in the Senate Finance Committee health reform bill that would transform the Medicare system to pay for value over volume."
"If we pass a piece of healthcare reform legislation without sufficiently addressing the issue of healthcare spending, then we will have failed."
"I resent that, and I want to figure out a way of solving that."
"I think this hearing, by the way, is most appropriate. I think the timing of it is excellent."
"I am looking forward to serving with you on this Committee, and I like working with you on numbers of issues."
"I think that's something we all need to work together on and even it out across the world, so that our citizens are paying less."
"What you can do at the Federal level is invest money in it and give notice that you see the future being, not the perpetuation of entropic fee-for-service going on and on, but, in fact, changing the p..."
"I think my goal would be, over time, to--for us not to pay more than you, because you set prices and cause us to pay more, when we're doing all the innovation."
"Delivery-system change is going to be even harder and more difficult to accomplish than changing coverage."