That is right. It could be at home, a followup clinic, a birthing clinic. That is why it was important in this bill to give the flexibility. We do not know how babies will be delivered 4 years from now. Initially, it was fairly rigid, 48 hours in the hospital. Now the bill is flexible enough to say for 48 hours you are covered, and it can be in the setting that you and your doctor decide, not some insurance company or not somebody sitting 500 miles away behind a telephone.
William H. Frist: “That is right. It could be at home, a followup clinic, a birthing clinic. That is why it was important in this bill to…”
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