[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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                        THE CLINTON HEALTH PLAN

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, this week numerous members of the 
President's party have come to this floor to speak in support of the 
Clinton health plan.
  They have told chilling stories of gaps in our current health care 
system and make the argument that since these folks have fallen through 
the cracks we should radically change our system. Republicans believe 
we should fill in the cracks.
  Most people work hard to get good health care, but the Clinton plan 
looks like a leap into the abyss of the unknown.
  Elements of the Michel plan, on the other hand, have been tried and 
tested, and in each heart-wrenching instance cited by our Democratic 
colleagues, the Republican alternative would solve the problem more 
effectively, more efficiently, and with more equity.
  The choice here is not between helping these people or not.
  The choice is between Government-run health care, with increased 
taxes, lower quality, rationing, and limited doctor choice or a common-
sense plan which fixes the bad aspects of our current system without 
destroying the best aspects.
  Let us not leap into a black hole of the unknown--let us look to the 
Michel plan.

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