09/19/2016
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"I firmly in my core believe that healthcare decisions should be made between physicians, the patients, and their families, not by a board appointed by the President or anybody else, Republican or Demo..."
"This is a narrowly targeted piece of legislation designed to deal with this particular provision, which I think deserves and does have bipartisan support."
"IPAB isn't designed to develop meaningful long-term reforms to strengthen the value of the Medicare program. Rather, its mandate is to achieve immediate scorable savings."
"We do not believe that IPAB is the best way to achieve this goal."