But I think--I end up spending a ton of money on programmers programming to get the data that he needs--even if I automated the darn thing, ...
You have got to have that. And then--but going overboard on some of this stuff--I mean, I have got to believe that that 350 pages really--no...
Are there any provisions in Medicare that would allow for the up-front payment or establishing chronic-care management programs?
Do you think that that is possible to do that, to set up a system like that?
It sounds like the kind of thing that you cannot do in one fell swoop.
I like that idea.
It is almost like a crescendo now of different things--bankruptcy because of medical bills, businesses forced to scale back their benefits.
I can say, about each one of you, you are sort of on the cutting edge of what we have got to be doing...
I mean, we are open for suggestions, written suggestions, that you might have on some little fixes we might do.
Well, these are all very stimulating, and I think there are some suggestions I got this morning...
Well, if you have got some suggestions on how we do that, I would like to know.
Just one last question for you Dr. Mentel. How did you convince Mayo to come up with the capital for this?
Yes, Dr. Davis?
I do not know where one ends and one begins.
Well, thank you all, again, very much. This has been a very intellectually stimulating morning for me, I am sure for our staff.
And so you have got to--as I have heard you this morning, there are ways of addressing it on both sides.
I just wonder if, in some of the debate that is coming up on Medicare and stuff, I know it is all focused mostly on prescription drugs, but ...
This is third and final one in the series, in terms of what is happening, in terms of coverage, lack of coverage, cost of insurance.
