[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 8, 1994]
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                   DEALING WITH THE HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, despite recent setbacks the 
President has forged ahead with impassioned promotional speeches in 
support of his Government-run health care proposal. But the truth is 
this bureaucratic nightmare is long on promises and short on realistic 
solutions.
  We cannot afford to do nothing. It is time to consider other plans 
and to take a different approach. Alternatives that offer real reform 
without new taxes and without 325,000 new health care bureaucrats.
  It is time to stop talking about global budgets, job-killing payroll 
taxes along with untried radical reform and begin implementing 
reasonable changes that will assure portability so individuals can be 
secure with changing jobs, eliminate restrictions on preexisting 
conditions, and institute real cost containment so health care can be 
affordable.
  There are a number of alternatives, Mr. Speaker. We can preserve 
individual choice and world-class quality while dealing with the root 
cause of the problem. The plans and process to do that are out there 
today. Better yet, they can be passed this year.

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