Doc Hastings: “I am worried about what we call the pay-for part of that because it would have a detrimental effect, as I mentioned, on…”

“I am worried about what we call the pay-for part of that because it would have a detrimental effect, as I mentioned, on doctor-owned facilities, particularly in my district, but also in other parts of the country. Since this issue came up some 7 months ago, we discovered that there are very few doctor-owned facilities that are unique in the sense of what I was talking about today... I simply have to bring this up because I doubt that the 150,000 patients of the Wenatchee Valley Clinic would say that they are overutilizing that clinic. I think they go there because they want to have their health needs taken care of. So I don't think that is applicable to that facility... there are bipartisan concerns about the effects of this bill on good hospitals providing quality care.”