Because with that reconciliation bill, we were going to lose the power of raising our hospital assessment, which we've been trying to do for a long time, we were way behind. We were the lowest hospital assessment in the country at I think 1.5%. We were trying to raise it to, I can't Remember, closer to 5%. But if that, if we did not pass our budget before that reconciliation bill, we were going to lose $1.2 billion from federal government for our hospitals. (20:02–20:10)
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