01/14/2014
https://congress.gov...
"The former OMB Director, Peter Orszag, called the IPAB the single biggest yielding of power to an independent entity since the creation of the Federal Reserve."
"Decisions regarding patient care shouldn't be made by a panel of 15 unelected bureaucrats who haven't examined the specifics of an individual's unique case."
"I disagree with this decision treated unilaterally by a Chairman. It should have been a Commission decision."
"We hope that was not an open and transparent process."