[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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                              CLINTON-LITE

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. The national media has now crowned the Cooper health 
care plan as the real moderate alternative to the President's health 
reform plan.
  Indeed, Mr. Cooper, in order to signify the similarities of his plan 
to the Clinton plan, has begun to call it Clinton-lite.
  Unfortunately, Clinton-lite is still too high in Government 
regulations, employer-mandates, and higher taxes.
  It may be a third less bureaucracy than the regular Clinton plan, but 
it is still too dangerous for the American consumer.
  The best way to avoid the Government-run monstrosity called the 
Clinton plan is to embrace the Michel plan.
  The Michel plan cuts cost, increases access, provides choice, and 
promotes responsibility, all without the bureaucratic fat of either the 
Clinton or the Cooper plans.
  Cut the fat. Support the Michel plan.

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