[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 71 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
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                         WAITING FOR DR. GODOT

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, in the real world, nationalized health care 
means waiting for health care.
  In Canada, waiting for health care is a way of life. Canadians wait 
for routine checkups. They wait for major surgery. For Canadians who 
describe themselves in severe pain, they wait up to 21 weeks. And for 
many elderly very sick Canadians, nationalized health care means 
waiting to die.
  The waiting has become so bad that many average Canadians have 
resorted to the elementary school trick of queue-jumping. They cut in 
line. So while health care resources dwindle, the Canadian Government 
spends precious dollars policing health care queues.
  Now President Clinton wants to bring all this to America. He wants to 
take the queues and the rationing and use them to hold down American 
health care costs. He thinks this is a good idea.
  I have got bad news for Bill Clinton. Queuing-up may be a way of life 
in Canada, but when it comes to accessing our own health care, America 
will not stand for it.

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