On the recordOctober 9, 1998
Last year we made a horrible mistake in passing a budget that included an interim payment system that was intended to take away fraud and abuse from wasteful agencies, but it also did a terrible thing. It took the most efficient and effective agencies and cut them as well. In my State I have seen VNAs go out of business. A VNA that was in business for 87 years serving the needy had to close its doors, others have laid off people, because of this interim payment system. This past spring we were lucky to get an amendment through in the budget that put us in this direction. This is a good first step, and I compliment the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) for bringing it before us today. But there are other parts of this that have not been addressed that we must address in the near future.
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