physician recently wrote an article in the "wall street journal" about the story of another physician, dr. brian day of vancouver who is an orthopedic surgeon grew tired of the government cutbacks that reduced access to operating room and increasing the number of people waiting to see him. so he opened a private clinic that employs 100 doctors. public hospitals send him patients because they're too busy to treat them and the "new york times" reported a private clinic is opening each week in canada. this is in response to a wonderful health care system? no. it's in response to a health care system that denies care to patients. opening a private clinic that gives health care access to more people is a noble thing to do and i commend dr. day but the success of these clinics also shows that many people who can get out of government-run health care will do so. americans do not deserve or want health care that forces them into government bureaucracy that will delay or deny their care and force them to enough gate a web of complex rules and regulations. they want access to high-quality care for their o

. >> dr. brian smedly who's the vice president and directer with the joint center for political and economic studies is not here, but we do have his statement, so we would hope that you'd pick up a copy of the recommendations in the unequal treatment report on health disparities which is, i think, included in the statement. congresswoman allard has a few brief comments. >> yeah. i wanted to make another point about why prevention is so important because we all know that prevention saves lives, and it improves health outcomes leaving our families and our communities stronger and more resilient. and it also has the potential to save our nation precious health care dollars. for example, the trust for america's health concluded that an investment of $10 per person, per year in proven community-based disease prevention programs could yield a net savings of more than $2.8 billion, billion annually in health care costs in one to two years. that figure grows to $16 billion annually within five years. so, cl