01/30/2013
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"There may not be a short answer to this, but clearly one of the other things we have to ask about is the cost implications of developing our own engine."
"You see it as part of the appropriations process, in effect."
"Medicare ought to say, if you do not have Electronic Medical Records that are interoperable by, you know, July 1, 2014, we do not pay you anymore."
"I do not understand, Madam Chairman, why Medicare does not say, any hospital or provider that does not publish their data by July 1, 2014, we do not pay anymore."