Some of the things in the ACA, the Affordable Care Act, these accountable care organizations, it seems to me that there are a lot of problems out there about how you control costs and how medical systems can move to do that that are inherent in the law.
McDermott discusses issues with the Affordable Care Act related to cost control.
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Now, the reason I raise this issue is that we all know that about 70 percent of healthcare costs occur in the last 6 months of life.
Mr. Blumenauer put through a bill, Mr. Levin and I put a bill in 25 years ago, that everybody in Medicare ought to file an advance directive.
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