i'm going to yield to dr. roe. but i want to give members a heads-up here. i'll be recognizing dr. roe for five minutes, and probably ms. davis, maybe mr. wahlberg, and after that grij val va. we'll go to four minutes, and i'm trying not to go to three or two. but i want to give everybody a chance to be involved in this conversation. dr. roe? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam secretary, for being here. just some questions i want to bring up to begin with. then we'll get to the questions. these are things i want your shop to answer. one are the medicare wage index, or area wage indexes. if you look at those around the country, it was never intended to be like that. but 20 of the highest are in california and massachusetts. and 14 of the lowest are in alabama and tennessee. for instance, what you get paid in santa cruz, california, is 1.7, with a medicare area wage index, and .73 where i live. it's putting us out of business. that needs to desperately be looked at. the second thing i want to bring up, and i want to know what your solution for that is, are the rack audits. t