Bill Pascrell actually said...

I do not feel comfortable penalizing a hospital without giving them the tools to positively change their delivery and their referral methods...

So, chronic disease is at the very heart? If we don't address that, we're not really going to get to meaningful health reform.

I want to avoid those flaws.

I firmly believe that we must have a minimum set of benefits to make our promise to cover even the sickest individuals.