My instinct is this, that if you are going to try to restrain a system that is growing at a rate as big as the medical system in this country is, taking 18 percent of GDP, that is such a big change that we can't just restrain it. First, we have got to fix it.
Alexander argues for fixing the healthcare system before imposing spending restraints.
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the Department of Health and Human Services, working with healthcare organizations, develop and implement a plan to reduce the administrative burden in healthcare by 50 percent within the next 5 years.
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