[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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                         REFORM, ITALIAN STYLE

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, are the American people ready for a 
government-run health care system?
  According to those who must endure the Italian government-run health 
care system, they are not.
  Let me quote from the chief economics adviser of the new Italian 
Premier:

       The waste on health care is just incredible. If half the 
     money we spend went to the poorest 20 percent of our 
     population, we would eliminate poverty. If you Americans 
     could see the bureaucratic mess in our health sector, you 
     would think twice about getting the national government 
     involved in such a big way.

  Mr. Speaker, let us think twice before we get government involved in 
health care in such a big way.
  Let us look for solutions that fix the holes in our current system 
without tearing up the entire system.
  Let us press for reform in health care, and that does not include a 
government-run health care system.

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