Political Quotes

“if I could, I will ask the Senator from Oregon one more question, and maybe my other colleagues will join in. When you do not realize the savings and you cost-shift to the States, some of the key populations that you hurt are pregnant women and children. We do not want to have less money. If you think about Medicaid, pregnant women and children are a big part of the population. I know our colleague from Pennsylvania has joined us, and he has been a champion for the Children's Health Insurance Program--CHIP--and everything that we do for women and children. I don't know if he has seen this in his State. I don't know if the Senator from Oregon or the Senator from Michigan or the Senator from Pennsylvania wants to comment on this--on the notion that we are not realizing the savings from delivery innovations like rebalancing, and then figuring out how to best utilize those for the delivery of the services that so many people are counting on. With a per capita cap, you are really going to be starting in a very bad place with the people who need these resources the most, and when it comes to Medicaid, women and children are front and center in this debate. I hate the fact that somebody is going to cost-shift to the States, that the States are not going to have enough money, and then the very people who would end up paying the price are the women and children.…”