[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 28, 1994]
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              EMPLOYER MANDATES: THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS

  (Mr. UPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I was in my office a few minutes ago, and I 
heard much of the debate with regard to business mandates. Most of us 
here in this Chamber in fact want health care reform. We know the 
people with preexisting conditions, we know the people who are scared 
to change jobs because they will lose their insurance, we know the 
nightmare of the paperwork and other requirements that they are forced 
to fill out for reimbursement, and we know the kids without insurance 
whose families are denied.
  We know of the inequities where people in fact are rewarded more for 
going on welfare instead of working. But the people across this land 
want the right prescription for health care reform, and as people 
across this Nation examine the details of the President's plan, they 
have in fact figured out the devil in the details. The thing they do 
not like is the business mandate.
  Employers want incentives. They do not want more mandates. They do 
not want more payroll taxes.
  I would urge my colleagues in this body to in fact oppose employer 
mandates as part of a health care reform package.

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