07/22/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"We deliver better care at lower costs. Okay? We deliver less expensive care, probably $2,000 to $3,000 less per Medicare beneficiary, than Louisiana, and we deliver better care."
"However, because funding under the program would grow over time at the rate of CPIU, CBO anticipates that it would be attractive mainly to the few States that expect to decline in population and would..."
"In general, States would not have substantially additional flexibility under the per-capita cap."
"If you cut the innovation out in Graham-Cassidy that already exists for State flexibility, then you are going to put us even further behind in achieving some of these savings."