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"you know, paul ryan wants to knock out social security, knock it down, way down, he wants to knock medicare way down, and frankly, two things, number one you are going to lose the election, if youre going to do that, im not going to cut it. and im not going to raise ages, and im not going to do all of the things they want to do. but they want to really cut it, and they want to cut it very substantially. the republicans. and im not going to do that." point being, this is not something he said in...

To do anything. it ought to be a voluntary choice. but they ought to have the choice to be able to select them. >> one of the things youve had different legislation on, and im a big supporter of, is allowing individuals to join together in groups to buy insurance. do you think this has a possibility of what senator alexander talked about, the millions of people in the individual market, i have great sympathy for that, i was a small physician with four employees. if one employee were to get sick,...

Could do as secretary, but i just heard earlier that the three areas that will be of focus in whatever replacement plan there is, im anxious to see it, would be, and i wrote them down, i think chairman alexander wanted to take off the table, and thats a good thing, medicare. but i heard there will be three targets, thats my word, of course. the individual market, medicaid, and employer-sponsored coverage. so i hope if employer-sponsored coverage is a subject of change that will ensure all those ...

To be done, yet recognizing the problems of getting it done. now, dr. price, some of my colleagues have criticized you for health-related stock holdings while serving in the house. not only do house rules not prohibit members from trading stocks, but it is also not an uncommon practice for members of congress. in fact there are members on this committee who have, as i understand it, traded individual health stocks while serving on this committee. this appears to be nothing more than a hypocritic...

What a lot of people in america regret about it, is sort of the vitriol in the rancor and the partisanship that should go into something that we all kind of want the same things. into question your motives, i think, is insulting.to questiony is insulting. the whole question of, and i guess this would be my first question to you, did you go into public service to enrich yourself or for public service? >> i have a passion for public service and a passion for people, and thats what guided our decis...

About medical liability? >> this is a really difficult challenge because its not just the malpractice rates that doctors or hospitals pay, but it does the practice of defensive medicine, which is the things that physicians do that dont hurt anybody but they test and procedure and examination to students that arent messerli needed to either make a diagnosis. it shows up in their history so that if they are called into a court of law they can say to the judge and jury i dont know what you want me ...

Republicans won the white house, control the senate, control the house. and a what will be the first order of business for the new republican majority? to pass a budget that never balances. to pass a budget that will add $9.7 trillion of new debt over ten years. this is a facsimile of his chart. is that really, he asked, what we campaigned on? is that really what we campaigned on? the quote goes on. why would we vote on a budget that adds $9.7 trillion to the debt? because were in a hurry. we ca...

The senate, republicans controlled the house. and what will be the first order of business for the new republican majority? to pass a budget that never balances. to pass a budget that will ask ad $9.7 trillion of new debt over ten years. this is a facsimile of his chart. is that really im a he asked, what we campaigned on? is that really what we can paint on? the quote goes on, why would we vote on a budget that adds $9.7 trillion to the debt? because we are in a hurry, we cant be bothered, its ...

Industry. in ourhe drug companies can raise their prices, today they could double their prices, there is no law to prevent them from doing that. will you work with us so that medicare negotiates prices with the pharmaceutical industry? >> you have my commitment to work with you and others to make certain that the drug pricing is reasonable and that individuals across this land have access to the medications that they need. >> that wasnt quite the answer to the question that i asked. congressman ...

To in questions of you were available to the public to find in the records of the senate ethics committee and the house ethics committee? >> absolutely and they remain so today. >> these are not discover things that were hidden, they are in fact something we did require you to disclose every year? >> there is not a single piece of information that i did to reveal to the public in a transparent process. >> isnt it true that transparency is an antiseptic that creates an environment where there is ...