We are open to continuing talks with the hospital industry and listening to what other amendments may entail.

We are continuing to negotiate actively with the representatives and hospital industry to keep talks going through this session.

The attorney general's perspective is that she would like to have a clear and fair set of standards that hospitals should meet in exchange for the very lucrative privilege of tax-exempt status. I can assure you that for many hospitals, that's worth millions in any given year.

We anticipate substantial amendments to the bill.

We don't think bad debt is equivalent to charity care.