[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 23, 1994]
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                 SOCIALIZED MEDICINE IS NOT THE ANSWER

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Post reports that some of 
Vice President Gore's Christmas cards are just now showing up 10 weeks 
after being mailed.
  Postal officials responded that most of the Gore Christmas cards 
reached their destination in December.
  The story also reports the loss of Clinton inauguration invitations, 
which were lost nearly 1 year before being recovered.
  This all makes me wonder Mr. Speaker, what would Government run 
health care be like under the Clinton health care plan?
  A health system that would be administrated by a huge bureaucratic 
machine comparable to that of the Postal Service.
  Granted most of the Gore mail showed up on time but what if it had 
been a new drug or medical technology.
  What if it had been one of our loved ones waiting for treatment.
  Socialized medicine is not the answer.

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