he rightfully says that this could impact on the va or tricare and, quite frankly, i want them to be able to make up their own minds about what they want to do. i think government entity is too broad and it could have a negative impact. i want to go to this term, rationing, it is a highly-charged, focus-driven word. we know why that word is being used because it's meant to scare people. it's meant to scare people about this health plan. it's meant to scare people about going to value efficacy informed patient-centered medicine, and quite frankly, rationing occurs every single day. the minute you have a pharmaceutical formulary, you are being told by your health insurance company what drug you can take and what drug you can't take, but often it is based on financial arrangements rather than on clinical evidence. what we are focusing on here is to be able to provide information for value-driven efficacy, for recommendations that would be based on value, efficacy and evidence to be able to inform. now i'm going to ask unanimous consent that the counteroffer that i propose which would sa