[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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          THREE THINGS TO DO TO SOLVE OUR HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS

  (Mr. CALVERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, we do need health care reform. But we do 
not want to destroy the best health care system in the world.
  What we need is a way to make health care insurance available to more 
people. And that, Mr. Speaker, does not require a huge new Government 
bureaucracy.
  We can solve our health care problems tomorrow--or at least next 
month--if we do just three things: First, make all insurance portable 
so people will not lose their insurance if they change or lose their 
jobs. Second, require all employers to offer insurance to their 
employees; and third, give people tax credits or vouchers to help pay 
for insurance.
  Mr. Speaker, the President's policy wonks love to propose solutions 
to problems.
  Unfortunately, when it comes to health care, their proposals require 
advanced calculus when simple arithmetic will do just fine.

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