Michael Burgess actually said...

"I have introduced bipartisan legislation with Representative Ron Kind, the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act--the SMART Act--that would compel CMS to provide the medical bills informat..."

"Data suggest that duals are sicker when they are hospitalized, that their costs are almost 10 percent greater, and they have more episodes of avoidable hospitalization."

"Certainly, better alignment of Medicare and Medicaid is needed."

"In no other area is the lack of coordination at the federal level more apparent than when we deal with people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid."