Who would actually do the cost benefit analysis?
MS. COLTIN: I think the Subcommittee is talking about bringing in an independent contractor to do that. DR. NEWACHECK: I would just caution you to think about who that would be and what leeway they would be given because cost benefit analysis results often depend on the perspective that’s taken, the assumptions that are made, what’s counted as a cost, what’s counted as a benefit, how they’re valued, and if they’re looking into the future, what discount rate is used, that sort of thing, so it could have a profound impact on the analysis. MS. COLTIN: I agree. And I think also there were two issues that were brought up in the context of the questions. One is whether it was implemented, these two systems were implemented simultaneously versus separately because that certainly will have an impact on both costs and benefits. And so I think that was one that I thought was particularly important to make sure was included. The other was the piece of not simply looking at costs and benefits but
