06/10/2009
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"Even though you could say you had 30 percent in the new system, they would be moving so slowly you are really just continuing to reward bad behavior."
"And I want to follow up on Captain Zales' last point, because in the Pacific Northwest, our economy is definitely tied to living marine resources."
"The fact that the administration is setting this goal of 30 percent of traditional Medicare payments to alternative payment models by 2016 is just a terrific goal, and 50 percent by 2018."
"We want the country to move as fast as possible to that new model. It saves money, it is better care for the patients."