If this goes to the extent that supporters want it to, I think it will have a negative effect on the health-care system. |
If we get (the savings), fine. If we don't, we have a hole. |
If we're going to keep (increasing) it by $200 million a year, it will take three years to get back to where we were. |
It's what's causing the funding problem we're having in the budget. We should keep that in mind as we pass these multitudes of tax breaks. |
There are going to be a lot of pressures, obviously. But the time to build up the reserves is the good times; if we don't do it now, we're going to be in big trouble in the next recession. |