You do not want to work with this federal government. This Congress has tried to repeal EPA about two dozen times.

The latest trustees report projects two initial years of solvency to 2026, and that is pretty healthy by historical standards.

If we do nothing, you are saying if we do nothing but what is here in the law.

The long-term 75-year deficit has also improved, dropping from 3.88 percent in 2099 to 1.11 percent in 2013, that is a 72 percent decline.

I would be glad to help with the cost control.

It seems to me that what you are really saying is that some of the things that are being put in place and have been put in place both in the ACA and in Medicare Advantage in the past are you can't expect them to go in and instantly have a…

Every generation has been subjected to that since I've been in Congress; it is not going to be here by the year X.

I have never understood what the clinical basis for the 3-day rule was.

Now, tell me the difference, if two patients are standing here before us...

On the home health care issue, the ACA gave you the ability to put a moratorium on any more organizations in an area. Have you used that anyplace in the United States? If not, why not?

One of the issues--we have made reforms since 1997. It was called the Affordable Care Act. And that has made real changes in what is going on, I think. And we shouldn't ignore the law of the land, as the Supreme Court has now described it.