Madam Chairwoman and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to join in the debate as you consider different options for adopting health information technology (HIT) and the implementation of policies in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). We represent the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.