let me respond through the Chair that the problem has gotten so big that patients are being hurt and potential patients are being hurt. It is a crisis. It is a complex problem. As a physician, and as one who sees patients, I recognize they are being hurt by this system, and we have to start somewhere. Part of it is being able to proceed to debate. If the timing is not right, we will come back and do it at another time. We will come back to it. This problem is not going to go away. I look forward to addressing it again. This particular bill is not a comprehensive bill. We are not talking about all of the doctors out there. Rather, we took one specialty. I am a little perplexed how to come back to it because I want to keep the issue out there. Patients are being hurt, and we are going to come back to it. We will work together to figure out the best way to try to have an appropriate forum for what is a complex issue. Hopefully, we will bring it back in some shape or form in the next several weeks.
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Addressing the healthcare crisis and the need for legislative action.
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