And to explain that we had a hospital, but it closed, or we've had health care clinics that close, that makes it very, very difficult. This fifth effect is an economic effect. The decline in healthcare clinics and hospitals actually is sort of like a theft of a community's future because it makes it very difficult to get people to come. And so that's why I think the Democratic proposal is a solid one. And I do recognize that in the aftermath of the passage of the reconciliation bill, many Republican … (08:39–08:50)
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