[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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                  TIME TO BE CANDID ABOUT HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, on the issue of health care reform, it is 
clear that we are going to do something this year. It is clear this 
House is going to act to make health care more affordable and more 
available.
  But there are more than just two plans. The Cooper and Clinton plans 
are very, very similar, both requiring a massive turnover to the 
Government of portions of our health care delivery.
  Fortunately, the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Cooper] is at least 
candid about what his plan will do. He has even said that it will end 
the private practice, fee-for-service health care system.
  In December, Mrs. Clinton said there are no limits to what you can 
pay our private practitioner in the fee-for-service, and that simply is 
not true. On page 236 of the Clinton bill, it says not only are there 
limits to what you can pay them, it says you cannot pay them. They will 
be paid by the Government monopoly. They will be paid what the 
Government monopoly chooses to pay them.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to be candid about what we are doing to the 
American people on health care.

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