life-threatening problems that cannot be cared for here. and the question is what happens to the patients? how do they get transferred and who pays for that as well? we know that over the last couple of weeks the "uss comfort" is an option, but the demand is outpacing the care, so some patients are sent back to the united states. this is interesting what i am about to describe is the first time it has been done. it is called the national disaster medical system, undms, and this is in the past used domestically, but it is when a patient can come to the united states domestically and get care from a variety of hospitals around the country, and the hospitals will be reimbursed 100% of what medicare pays, so they have an incentive to give the patients care, and that is what happened. we told you, wolf, about a man who went through the process to