"Is it Obamacare or Obama don't care? Tell me which it is."
"it is a poor worker who blames his tools."
"Thank you for being with us through this long session."
"the mission of the Food and Drug Administration should be, first and foremost, on patient safety."
"But ultimately that is why someone buys insurance, correct, so they are not hit with the entire cost of whatever the event might be that they are insured against."
"I don't want to say whose fault is that, but why penalize the poor person who is trying to do the right thing and buying supplemental coverage with their own hard-earned dollars?"
"I have got to tell you, several years ago in one of the SGR fixes that I have introduced since coming to Congress, and there have been several, but one of them actually did away with Part A and Part B..."
"Typically, they would not. Medicare advantage is offering a different set of tradeoffs."
"I always allude to the solo practitioner in Muleshoe, Texas, who really can't participate in an ACO."
"The 12,000 new beneficiaries added to Medicare every day put pressure on the system and does move it closer towards insolvency."
"Medicare's current benefit design needs to be reformed in a way that more adequately reflects the needs and expectations of today's seniors."