Nancy L. Johnson: “I think that will be the effect of the employer mandate coupled with the global budget and premiums in the President's…”

“I think that will be the effect of the employer mandate coupled with the global budget and premiums in the President's bill, but at this point I think what we need to focus on is that there are solutions out there that are based on the right kind of benchmarking. You mentioned Prince. But over the years I have served on the Committee on Ways and Means, we have had many, many companies testify to the really remarkable, creative, innovative things they have done to reduce their health care costs. And their primary message to us has been, ``Look, we can integrate the delivery of services, we can eliminate duplication of testing, inappropriate care, we can get our employees involved in prevention and in wellness programs, we can do all that and we can do that with other private sector businesses. But unless Government begins to cooperate and to turn around its own health care programs so its people participate in the same way our people do, we cannot turn around systemic health care costs in our society.''”