07/09/2014
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"I have had specialists in Maine tell me that when patients realize that, they cancel the screening. It just does not make sense to me."
"Actually, without quality information, there is reason to believe it is going to make things worse because people are going to use price as a measure or a marker of quality."
"Researchers have also found that patients equate high prices with high quality."
"I really appreciate your being forthright about that, because I believe that if states understood that, they'd be more receptive to the help that I know Secretary Johnson offered."