Pete Domenici: “Will you continue to work with the counties? There are a number of those going. Some of them are working.”

That is clearly a part of it, no question.

That did not reduce any beneficiaries' benefits, it just cut the amounts that providers were otherwise getting.

I want to remind the committee again, and I will say it to you, Senator Snowe, remember, our package was put together by Democrats and Republicans, so we do not come here starting with one side or the other.

I think you raise a good point. We have to be careful about the issue you raised. It is a serious one.