Charles Boustany: “I want to thank the chairman for calling--holding this hearing.”

We are seeing the costs going up. And of course what the President is proposing is higher taxpayer liability.

I have no other Members wishing to speak on the bill, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

This is an absolutely essential amendment because we need more transparency about methods and how these assumptions are built into what they are proposing. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).

The trend lines in all these areas are very disturbing, in my mind, as a physician who has been around health care for quite a long time.