mark laret: a man was brought in who'd been hit in a hit-and-run accident. he was a pedestrian and he was brought in, and there must've been 15 to 16 people all ready to go, standing there when the paramedics came up and brought this man in. the blood products, the drugs, the efforts everybody focused on trying to revive this gentleman-- he didn't survive. he didn't make it. i don't know what his insurance was or wasn't, but we spent a large amount of money to provide care to that individual. that's what we do. we believe in doing that. but if we expect hospitals to have trauma centers, to be there in case it's me or my mother or my child or anyone's family member, we've got to make sure that they have the resources to have those 15 or 16 people there, the drugs, the supplies, the equipment to keep those centers running. in the last few years, many solution strategies have been placed on the table. the fact that no definitive course of action has been adopted reflects the complexity of the issues involved. we need to make real the conclusions that a presiden