Whereas the resistance to the system comes from the providers, the opinions of the main people whom the policy seeks to protect and ensure that they received quality healthcare service have not been well engaged to determine their willingness to accept this system of payment.
"If they want to get the debt limit raised, they are going to have to engage and accept that reality," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner.
"Getting a vulnerable person to engage with and accept help and support can be a difficult and lengthy process," she said.
Did the business community agree to engage with and accept the legitimacy of these advocates as part of the BHR deal?
The part of the BHR/Pillar III deal that seems clear is that the business community agreed to engage with and accept this segment of the advocacy community, along with the conceptual importance of remedies as a general matter.
Their receptiveness arose largely from their personal experiences observing intensifying prior treatments and deteriorating blood glucose control over time, which led them to engage with and accept the idea that their diabetes was progressive.
It is our ability to be fully present and engaged that enables us to accept every situation exactly as it is, without preconceptions or judgments; to embrace difficulties, deep sadness, upset feelings, or injustice while staying aware, present, and available.
Republicans are meeting this month in Williamsburg, Va., to discuss their debt ceiling strategy, reported The New York Times, and Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck told the paper that the president will have to "engage and accept reality" in exchange for an increase.
Not all patients are prepared to engage and accept these forms of therapeutic intervention.
They are able to engage expressly in advocacy and to accept unlimited contributions from corporations and individuals but must register with the elections commission and regularly disclose their donors.
This is relatively unlikely as the treatment of eating disorders tends to involve protracted attempts to engage patients and motivate them to accept treatment.
