If the Congress wishes to extend added benefits for these sorts of services, it seems to us that is your call, that is the Congress' responsibility, but in the interest of solvency of the Medicare Program and the interest of existing beneficiaries who have to finance this with their part B premiums, we ought to do it in the most efficient way possible, and Medicare Advantage is not doing that.
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