Gene Green

I'm grateful to Representative Barton and Castor for their commitment to children with complex medical needs.

The whole point of the Affordable Care Act was trying to expand coverage.

We have people who are not poor enough to get Medicaid, but they also don't earn enough money to get the subsidies.

I have 50,000 people who would be covered if the State of Texas expanded Medicaid.

Prior to the ACA, the individual market was deeply broken.

The Affordable Care Act is working. But like any law, it is not perfect.

the goal still ought to be to make sure we have more coverage.

Cybersecurity represents a current and growing threat to our economy as our everyday lives become more digitized.

I am a bit surprised by my colleague's decision to have a hearing today on H.R. 5068, the HHS Data Protection Act.

I am a bit surprised by my colleagues' decision to have a hearing today on H.R. 5068, the HHS Data Protection Act.

They want to see people prosecuted.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and to our witnesses for joining us this morning.

The American public is fed up with this.

While the loudest voices have been oppose to the model outright, it is important to thoroughly evaluate the issues CMS is attempting to address and look at the proposal with calm and reason.

I appreciate the Chair for having this hearing today and hope this committee will take the opportunity to examine the proposals, merits and drawbacks.

I have some concerns about the size and scope of the proposed demonstration and its potential impact on Medicare beneficiaries' access to physician-administered drugs now and in the future.

I have long had an interest in preserving seniors' access to quality care by ensuring Medicare pays at a rate that will retain a robust network of providers.

Of course my biggest issue in my home State of Texas is that Texas has not expanded Medicaid, leaving more than 1.2 million vulnerable low-income Texans without coverage.

The Affordable Care Act is improving millions of Americans' lives.

We cannot return to a time when insurers competed to find the healthiest, least expensive consumers.

It is time to recognize the ACA as the law of the land.

It was critically important that Congress pass and the CMS institute a reasonable responsible payment policy for physicians and Incentivize quality care that spends our dollars wisely.

I felt the same way about the President because he got the Affordable Care Act called Obamacare and all he had to do is sign his name to it.

No law we have ever passed in Congress is perfect, but for the last 6 years all we have seen is repeal after repeal instead of sitting down working across the aisle.

I hope today's hearing is not simply another attempt to find new ways to obstruct and undermine the Affordable Care Act through the legislative process.