Jim McDermott actually said...

You want to retain that. So that means you can only finance about a 3 percent reduction, 3.5 percent.

McDermott discusses the limitations of tax reductions due to the importance of accelerated depreciation.

02/07/2012

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From a patient's standpoint you walk into the emergency room or whatever, and you get put in one of these statuses or the other.

So then the difference is in the payment that is received by the hospital or that the patient has to make depending on which category they a...

So they are getting 70 percent more if they bill them as an inpatient.

Simplifying the program, a complex Medicare program would be helpful.