"This hearing is an example of what this committee does best in exercising its oversight function..."
"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..."
"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."
"You need one person to be accountable. I am sorry, I am old school. I am a doctor."
"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."
"The old Willie Sutton law, you rob banks because that is where the money is, clearly it should apply here."
"the last thing we want is more of what you have got because we haven't got any more to give to pay for what you have got."
"Only about half of it is accurate but the part that is, is so accurate that I think it is worth sharing with our colleagues and the general public."
"Last year's events in Michigan and California were tragic reminders that safely upkeeping our nation's energy infrastructure is an ongoing process, and we must be diligent in protecting the lives of t..."
"Doctors should be in the driver's seat with ACOs. If they are going to really deliver on the promise--as a patient, I want my doctor to be in charge."