Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I think that is a good faith proposal by a Governor who, with his legislature, is trying to come up with a way to make sure these 175,000 Tennesseans, who otherwise would not receive Medicaid expansio..."

"In my view, the law was an historic mistake."

"Instead of expanding a health care delivery system that already costs too much, we should have worked to have as an overall goal reducing the total cost of health care."

"There is no doubt that the law expanded coverage, but I think the point we are finding is that someone is going to be paying the cost. Individual rates are going up."