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The Grassley bill also has provisions on hospital valuebased purchasing. The Baucus Medicare bill does not include a similar provision. You would think we would want to go to hospital valuebased purchasing. The Baucus Medicare bill reduces the Medicare reimbursement rates for power wheelchairs. of all things. The Grassley Medicare bill does not cut Medicare payments for power wheelchairs. You would think we could get together on that. The Grassley Medicare bill provides continued relief for hospitals with high numbers of undocumented individuals. The Baucus bill does not include a similar provision. Again. as anybody can plainly see. the Grassley bill is a better option.