Another likely 2008 presidential contender and a former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, has advocated spending $7 billion a year on computerized medical records.

• 下一届总统的有力竞争者，前议会新闻发言人纽特金瑞驰曾建议在病案计算机化方面每年要投入70亿美元。