"Yes, in many ways, if the SGR could not be reformed, if we didn't have the favorable CBO score winds at our back, it has always seemed to me that Medicare Advantage may offer a way forward on whatever happens with SGR down the road."
"The fact is one of the following statements must be true: The agency is acting without authority and risking litigation or they have the authority and have always had the authority and have simply fai..."
"This is an example of circling the wagons after the crisis, and this member is having none of it."
"So, you know, the big question is, why not do something? Why not take action?"
"Frankly, if you want my opinion, that we could have done more."
"You know what? I disagree. Because do you not have power under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regulate manufacturers?"
"As a consequence you had 50 deaths and 500 people who are living with long-term disability as a consequence of the Exserohilum in the betamethasone."
"So you know this stuff is high risk."
"The Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy acted. Although there may have been problems leading up to the crisis, their response to the crisis and after seems much more reasonable than what I have seen under..."
"I do support the efforts to examine the role that traditional compounding pharmacists play in the healthcare system."
"I cannot in good conscience entertain discussion of legislation when not one person has been fired, reprimanded, or held culpable at the Food and Drug Administration."