[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 3, 1994]
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    ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE READY FOR THE CLINTON HEALTH CARE PLAN?

  (Mr. DOOLITTLE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, do we really want the Clinton health care 
plan?
  Let me quote from the conclusions of an article that appears in this 
month's New Republic. This article is entitled ``Are You Really Ready 
for the Clinton Health Care Plan?''

       The Clinton bill will prevent people from buying the 
     medical care they need. Price control on premiums will push 
     most Americans into HMOs and pressure HMOs into sharply 
     cutting access to specialists and effective, high tech cures. 
     Price controls on doctor's fees and regulations tying 
     doctor's hands will curb the care physicians can give 
     patients. Most important, government controls on medical 
     education will limit what future doctors know, costing lives 
     and suffering no one can calculate.

  Mr. Speaker, does this Clinton plan sound like the kind of health 
care reform the American people really want?

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