And since Medicare pays by procedure, test, and hospital stay-though less and less each year as the cost squeeze tightens-there is an incentive to do more and more.

而且，既然医保按手续、检查和住院时间支付费用(尽管随着费用紧张加剧，每年越来越少)，那么就存在做越来越多的程序和检查的诱因。

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So if we can squeeze those inefficiencies out of the health care system, then we can maintain Medicare as we know it, but still reduce the cost to the federal government and to everybody in society.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall on America��s Fiscal Future