Original sentence: " During this period, Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), met for more than 60 hours, and their discussions established the principles upon which healthcare reform legislation was later passed.From June 17 to September 14, 2009, three Democratic and three Republican Senate Finance Committee members met for a series of 31 meetings to discuss the development of a health care reform bill, including an independent board that the senators informally described as "MedPAC on steroids.IPAB was created as a strengthened version of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a body with no regulatory power that advises Congress.Since 1997, MedPAC had recommended cuts totaling "hundreds of billions of dollars" to Medicare that were ignored by Congress
Edited sentence: Critics claimed that "hundreds of billions of dollars" in spending cuts were proposed by MedPAC but never acted upon by Congress.From June 17 to September 14, 2009, three Democratic and three Republican Senate Finance Committee members met for a series of 31 meetings to discuss the development of a health care reform bill, including an independent board that the senators informally described as “MedPAC on steroids.IPAB was created in response to criticism of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a body with no regulatory power that advises Congress.” During this period, Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), met for more than 60 hours, and their discussions established the principles upon which healthcare reform legislation was later passed