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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 you're going to do that, i'm not going to cut it. and i'm not going to raise ages, and i'm 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 i'm not going to do that." point being, this is not something he said in passing. i think it is likely he won the election because millions of working-class people and...

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 you've had different legislation on, and i'm 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, it could be devastating not only to them but also to the economics of keeping them employed. but ...

Could do as secretary, but i just heard earlier that the three areas that will be of focus in whatever replacement plan there is, i'm anxious to see it, would be, and i wrote them down, i think chairman alexander wanted to take off the table, and that's a good thing, medicare. but i heard there will be three targets, that's 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 protections that are in place right now. that's why i'm asking those questions. i'll follow up mo...

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 hypocritical attack on your good character. and i personally resent it. because you have always disclosed. let...

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 that's what guided our decision that some might think was a foolish decision for both of us. >> did you take a pay cut to go in...