Joe Barton actually said...

"How in the world can this be HIPAA compliant when HIPAA is designed to protect the patient's privacy?"

"As I mentioned earlier, the new benefit in its implementation are hardly perfect, but rather than trying to scare and confuse seniors, I would hope that we could work together as we go through the imp..."

"It might have worked for 1996, but that world doesn't exist today, so let's figure out what exists today and in the future."

"What they want is something that works, that is efficient, and that is cost competitive."