Nancy L. Johnson: “And remember it is very significant that they have no provision for wellness programs because, if wellness programs are…”

We certainly are willing to accept the gentleman's amendment. It is a very thoughtful and important one.

I claim time to say we accept the amendment. It is a very thoughtful amendment and an important one, and we thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Towns).

But we need to do something better than the Senate position, and we certainly need to avoid the additional 2 percent cut that starts every year thereafter.

I absolutely do. I think we are facing the possibility of physicians fleeing the Medicare program and creating a real access problem for seniors to physicians of their choice. But acceding to the Senate position is not going to fix it; it…