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I believe, along with Senator Kaine, that stretching the AUMF from 2001 or 2002 to cover this situation renders the constitutional clause a nullity.

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

Those are terrible cases, because not only is there unnecessary suffering, but there is greater expense to the system in the long run.

A very logical assumption to make.

To expect a beneficiary to understand whether or not they have been in a hospital bed as an inpatient versus in observation status is just absurd.

I just cannot imagine anyone who is ill and has been put into a hospital bed making a distinction or even realizing there is a distinction between being in inpatient status or in observation status.

What we really need to do with the Medicare program to reduce improper payments, whether it is fraud or mistakes, is to have better controls up front and more collaboration with stakeholders up front rather than doing the pay-and-chase…

It is clear that they are producing unintended consequences because of the way the incentive structure is set up.

I want to start my questioning with Dr. Sheehy and Ms. Borgstrom.

Thank you very much for your testimony.

I appreciate you calling this hearing to highlight the increasing use of hospital observation stays and the financial implications for Medicare patients and their families.

There is a very robust study proposed in Senator Collins' amendment that Ms. Claybrook indicated is best exercised with the current rule in place in order to capture the full data.

Certainly, we want to look at the testimony today.

I cannot imagine why anyone would want to suspend rules which are in place to ensure the safety of everyone on the road by mitigating truck driver fatigue.

I think the best argument to be made there is it puts more people on the road during the daylight hours.

Clearly, we are talking a lot right now as we finish up this particular week in the Congress about transportation funding.