ones that the president held up as the models across the country -- and one was in utah, one was guizinger in pennsylvania, i believe the mayo clinic may have been a third. once all of those pages of regulations came out, the programs that the president says this is the model that we want to follow, they all said we can't comply with these regulations. they are too stringent, they are too confining, they won't work in our program. so if they are not going to work at the kind of places that the president said are doing it well, to me that means they are not going to work anywhere in wyoming and very likely not anywhere in iowa or anywhere in missouri as we go and try to make sure patients can get the care that they need from the doctor that they want at a cost that they can afford. i mean, those are the things. and that's why i continue to look at this health care law and go home every weekend and talk to people and continue to hear that this bill is bad for patients, bad for providers, the nurses and the doctors who take care of those patients, and bad for taxpayers. when we take a look at

private health care providers like guizinger, intermountain and the marsh field clinic are already focusing on quality rather than quantity, efficiency rather than volume, to better serve their patients and their bottom line. because of the affordable care act, the federal government now has the opportunity to support and encourage their focus and to deliver much-needed savings in the most patient-centered way -- by improving the quality of care and health outcomes. there is tremendous potential for improved care and cost savings in five key areas -- payment reform, primary and preventative care, measuring and reporting quality, administrative simplification and health information technology. savings from a range of responsibility viewpoints run from $700 billion to a trillion dollars a year, all without compromising the quality of care americans have come to expect, indeed likely improving the quality of care. i will shortly release a report to chairman harkin and the "help" committee on the obama administration's implementation of the delivery system reform provisions of the affordable ca

private health care providers like guizinger, intermountain and the marsh field clinic are already focusing on quality rather than quantity, efficiency rather than volume, to better serve their patients and their bottom line. because of the affordable care act, the federal government now has the opportunity to support and encourage their focus and to deliver much-needed savings in the most patient-centered way -- by improving the quality of care and health outcomes. there is tremendous potential for improved care and cost savings in five key areas -- payment reform, primary and preventative care, measuring and reporting quality, administrative simplification and health information technology. savings from a range of responsibility viewpoints run from $700 billion to a trillion dollars a year, all without compromising the quality of care americans have come to expect, indeed likely improving the quality of care. i will shortly release a report to chairman harkin and the "help" committee on the obama administration's implementation of the delivery system reform provisions of the affordable ca

ones that the president held up as the models across the country -- and one was in utah, one was guizinger in pennsylvania, i believe the mayo clinic may have been a third. once all of those pages of regulations came out, the programs that the president says this is the model that we want to follow, they all said we can't comply with these regulations. they are too stringent, they are too confining, they won't work in our program. so if they are not going to work at the kind of places that the president said are doing it well, to me that means they are not going to work anywhere in wyoming and very likely not anywhere in iowa or anywhere in missouri as we go and try to make sure patients can get the care that they need from the doctor that they want at a cost that they can afford. i mean, those are the things. and that's why i continue to look at this health care law and go home every weekend and talk to people and continue to hear that this bill is bad for patients, bad for providers, the nurses and the doctors who take care of those patients, and bad for taxpayers. when we take a look at

ones that the president held up as the models across the country -- and one was in utah, one was guizinger in pennsylvania, i believe the mayo clinic may have been a third. once all of those pages of regulations came out, the programs that the president says this is the model that we want to follow, they all said we can't comply with these regulations. they are too stringent, they are too confining, they won't work in our program. so if they are not going to work at the kind of places that the president said are doing it well, to me that means they are not going to work anywhere in wyoming and very likely not anywhere in iowa or anywhere in missouri as we go and try to make sure patients can get the care that they need from the doctor that they want at a cost that they can afford. i mean, those are the things. and that's why i continue to look at this health care law and go home every weekend and talk to people and continue to hear that this bill is bad for patients, bad for providers, the nurses and the doctors who take care of those patients, and bad for taxpayers. when we take a look at

private health care providers like guizinger, intermountain and the marsh field clinic are already focusing on quality rather than quantity, efficiency rather than volume, to better serve their patients and their bottom line. because of the affordable care act, the federal government now has the opportunity to support and encourage their focus and to deliver much-needed savings in the most patient-centered way -- by improving the quality of care and health outcomes. there is tremendous potential for improved care and cost savings in five key areas -- payment reform, primary and preventative care, measuring and reporting quality, administrative simplification and health information technology. savings from a range of responsibility viewpoints run from $700 billion to a trillion dollars a year, all without compromising the quality of care americans have come to expect, indeed likely improving the quality of care. i will shortly release a report to chairman harkin and the "help" committee on the obama administration's implementation of the delivery system reform provisions of the affordable ca