I thank the gentleman for his testimony.

This year, a common over-the-counter emergency asthma inhaler was forced off the pharmacy shelves due to an international treaty agreement. Now, patients who suffer from asthma and who find themselves awake at 2 a.m. with unexpected…

You know, this past January 1, a common over-the-counter emergency asthma inhaler was taken off the pharmacy shelves due to an international treaty agreement known as the Montreal Protocol.

At least that is what we are led to believe that this small amount of CFC is going to lead to all sorts of global calamities.

Moving to a model where fee-for-service no longer exists is, in some ways, problematic because it is the world that many of us--I practiced medicine for 25 years.

Any new payment system should rely on improved outcomes, quality, safety, and efficiency.

Local markets have different needs, and while one payment model may work in New Jersey, it doesn't necessarily work in Montana.

If there is a danger to inhaled epinephrine, then why the hell has the FDA not prevented it?

We should not be abandoning patients with serious medical conditions like asthma to self-diagnosis and self-medication with less-effective drugs that have known side effects.

CFC is a much better propellant than HFA. HFA is for wimps. CFC delivers the right dose at the right time.

It is just preposterous that we are having this argument around CFC, around the propellant under the Montreal Protocol.

I am speaking to you not just as a Member of Congress. I am also a physician. I am also an asthma patient.