The U.S. Chamber, the President's own deficit commission both have called for repeal of the program before implementation.
The deficit commission actually said it should be repealed or corrected.
Many Americans are really opposed to the idea of being required to purchase or to have insurance or Washington-mandated insurance.
So who should decide?
It is my understanding that the insurance experts, many insurance experts outside of government, all conclude that the long-term care progra...
But if indeed these premiums were to go up, clearly folks that are on Medicare, who have looked for some way to provide for their long-term ...
Right. So if that is the case, that is clearly going to hurt access for Medicare patients and most likely be very acute in rural areas.
So you have real concerns about the solvency of this program as it is constructed today.
And we heard some platitudes about innovations in reimbursement, but no specific detail.
But we have seen those specifics. Those are platitudes.
National policy, that is what I am referring to.