"My final comment, just imagine the human suffering we could've alleviated spending five to six trillion dollars trying to alleviate that, rather than hold back the tides which we're not--we won't be able to do."
"I do believe that we need to be investing more in the infrastructure of our DOD installations."
"you can talk about fee-for-service going to a value-based model. Again, those are just buzz words."
"That effort required bipartisan cooperation from both chambers and presidential leadership."
"it's completely broken."
"we've got government control, by and large, setting the terms for how the insurance companies operate."
"the root cause of all of this is a third-party payer system."
"we have taken the benefit of free market competition out of healthcare and that's the problem we're dealing with."
"Republicans want to preserve and strengthen this program for future generations."
"The only way to make these critical programs sustainable is to follow the Ronald Regan, Tip O'Neil model of 1983."
"I think we ought to start figuring out a way to transition that were doctors are at the top of the treatment pyramid rather than being crushed at the very bottom and become independent again like it w..."