mr. holtz-eakin for testifying. i understand you have a previous engagement you need to go to, too late for. >> that's correct, mr. chairman. >> if any of our mirrors have any further questions for him they can submit that in writing. >> i would be delighted and apologize for having to leave. >> yes, the gentleman is recognized. >> before you go, mr. holtz-eakin, i'm going to send to you some inquiries about the form, and i would like very much if you could respond. >> i would be happy. >> you're a sister organization, as i understand it, of the american action network. >> that is correct. >> let me just finish. i want to tell him what i'm singing. i was told he would be here until noon. and so as i said, i think your website and that of the network says your sister organizations -- >> yes. >> and we know the action of the network -- >> if the gentleman conclude. >> doctor holtz-eholtz-eakin has indicated that he will respond by letter. >> i want to let him know in advance. >> the gentleman from michigan will have hi

mr. holtz-eakin -- i want to thank mr. holtz- eakin for testifying. if any of our members have any further questions, they can submit that to writing. but >> mr. chairman? >> yes, and the gentleman is recognized. >> , i am going to send it to use some inquiries about the form. i would like very much if you could respond. >> i would be happy to. >> you are a sister organization, as i understand it, of the american action network. >> that is correct. i want to tell him what i am sending. i was told that he was going to be here until noon. um, and, so as i said, i think [unintelligible] you are sister organizations. >> yes. >> and we know the action of the network -- >> if the gentleman could conclude -- >> i will conclude very quickly. i want to let him know in the advance. >> the gentleman from michigan shall have his inquiry answered. >> i just want you to know that it does not take you by surprise. i am going to ask you if you could reveal the sources on the form. will you do that? >> i will comply with the bylaws of the form. i will take your questi

mr. douglas holtz-eakin. you have five minute. >> thank you. it is a great pleasure to be here. i appreciate the opportunity to appear. i want to make four points that i will briefly summarize here. the first is the mandate and affordable taxes in the affordable care act are an impediment to jobs and growth in the united states particularly at this moment and balancing the affordable careful raise cost of insurance. this will crowd out scarce resources for hiring and increasing pay and directly hurt consumers. the affordable care act has strong incentives to drop insurance. to the extent they do so more than the cbo anticipates will not only have strong disruption in labor markets, contractual relationships but have a larger budgetary cost associated with the act anticipated and finally even if that doesn't come to pass the affordable care act is indeed a budgetary danger at an important moment in u.s. fiscal history and a strong step in the wrong direction. let me begin by elaborating. of my views on the affordable care act are well known. we are in a situation where the fiscal

mr. chairman. douglas holtz-eakin, if you can comment on uncompensated care?dicare fall into the category of on compensate the care? >> they are shifting from government programs where medicare pays about 70 cents on the dollar and medicaid pays even less, 55 cents on the dollar depending on where you are. those gaps have to be made up elsewhere. >> is it your assertion that the health care bill immensely grows the medicare rolls? >> we put 16 million americans into a system that at present are twice as likely to go to emergency rooms rather than having that care on regular -- in regular settings. >> would it be conceivable that any federally initiated medical liability reforms that they might preempt some state medical liability laws? >> there is always the option of pre-emption. it would depend on how the law was written. we know that state level experience has shown that malpractice reforms have been effective in controlling some of the costs. if you have a strong federal pre-emption that applied universally, you have [unintelligible] >> i say that because