The biggest problem with the Republican arguments that are before us--and we just heard it again--is that spending and debt are problems.

What Republicans want to do is end the guarantees on Medicare and Social Security.

The Republicans are taking the economy hostage every single time they get a chance.

You have done a good job for your people in California and for the committee.

dust is the best political defense you have--make people confused.

I think about patients rather than product and numbers and trends and graphs.

When we talk about cuts, everybody here thinks they know what we are talking about, but I have no idea what the average American thinks when we say we are making cuts in Medicare.

When somebody said, I forgot which one of the witness, that this pressure on Medicare with the cuts is going to make them more efficient, does that mean you won't get good medical care, if it is efficient?

It is typical of you that you would put this announcement of your leaving at the end when there is nobody here except me.

Let me ask Dr. Schwab or Dr. Tallent, what do you intend to cut because of these changes in Medicare that will make people get out of your program or leave?

isn't it true that the ACA actually eliminated costs and gave new benefits to people that are in place now?