David Roe

I do not know what private sector company would still be in business today if they required 125 days to process a claim.

We have heard Secretary Shinseki state his goal of reducing the turnaround time for claims processing to be no more than 125 days.

There is no question there is a gap in coverage.

Cost is a big issue because if you can't afford to buy it then you can't have it.

We should work together in a bipartisan way to solve this, because if not it will never be accepted by the American people.

I never saw a Republican or a Democrat heart attack in my life. I never delivered a Republican or a Democrat baby in my life.

That should not happen in this country. And I think that this law should stay in effect because it will prevent that from happening in this country.

I think this--what we ought to be looking at is cost, and Mr. Ramthun had a great--his testimony showed that the one thing that has been bringing cost down for people are consumer-driven plans.

A lot more people are insured.

I think that is kind of what we need to be getting to is personal responsibility, and when people have health savings accounts and have skin in the game.

So I do think that this health care law does create a situation where employees are going to lose the coverage that they had.

And I just don't see, personally, how this is going to work, considering there has been no model set forth to this point that has done that.

I believe the new law facilitates the progress toward each of those three points. It can encourage wellness; it can encourage reform of our delivery system; and it can encourage fruitful competition among health insurance plans to provide…

Unfortunately, the 2010 health care law stands in their way.

The American people deserve every opportunity to pursue new initiatives that will lower health care costs.

Forcing the nation into a costly government-run health care scheme is perhaps the greatest obstacle to more affordable health care.

The state of Indiana saved 10 percent, which is a huge amount of money.

The treatment of trauma care has changed dramatically from the time I was in the service.

The savings there would be fairly significant.

I think that is the kind of return to duty that people want.

We are not going to balance this budget on the backs of people who have lost limbs in service to this country.

As a veteran and doctor and co-founder of the invisible wounds caucus, I recognize firsthand the need to address these issues.

The single biggest issue preventing people from buying health insurance in this country, or having health insurance, is cost.

I think we are a great country. I think we can educate our kids and invest in health at the same time.

What do I do here? If I buy the essential benefits package... it costs me all my profit.