What's the plan here? A printed brochure to hand out on the singular Advocacy Day?
I know nothing. But it smells of opportunism.
Imagined telephone call....
"Hey Dave, this is (garbled....unclear name...husky voice) from the hill,...yeah... no...no... I'm doing great,... kids are great,....lacrosse game this weekend,... yep, yep,....oldest just got into Georgetown....very excited....yep...saw Kavanagh at Church....you might see him later this month at a BBQ?....nice!
Yeah, so Dave, I think we have a real window here to do something. As you know, Bernie heads the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...and you know Bernie....all about equity, primary care initiatives, this sort of thing....radical stuff....big stuff...yeah, not our cup of tea, but the libs in the lower chamber are cooking up something and I'm a bit worried, depending how the next election goes.....yeah...I think there is going to be a pretty radical push for global payment reform....we don't want to get caught up in this....yeah....no, we want to get ahead of this.
Thing is Dave,....everybody on the hill loves the radical (good radical not Bernie radical) stuff you're doing in your field....the proton stuff....yep...I mean we've got Patty Murray on the committee...yeah, she fronted to Seattle proton initiative, Romney is down with protons....really happy with the Huntsman facility....he's on the committee....and right now, we've got a republican house and three victories at the state level regarding forcing payment for protons....yep...of course...Tennessee, Illinois and Oregon...yep...protons are practically populist...
Koch is on board...he'll be trying to pick some winners, but he is all in on protons and of course the President is very grateful for the compassionate proton care that his family received...yep...might be some correlation there?... protons and compassion...yes, I agree.
So we've got an opportunity to pass something small and protect what you are doing before the proverbial s%#t hits the fan with global payment reform.
Just draw something up, do the routine cost analysis and get it into our hands ASAP. I think we can fold it into a larger initiative....just make it seem like you are saving us some money OK?... yeah, that's necessary in this environment....cut the routine stuff....great....look forward to seeing it."