[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: July 27, 1994]
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INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH AMERICAN MEDICAL CARE [AMCARE]

  (Mr. SCOTT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I am today introducing legislation to 
establish American Medical Care [AMCARE].
  AMCARE establishes a Federal Government sponsored, single payer type 
health care plan, available as a choice to all individuals. It assures 
that all competitive health care plan options now available to 
consumers remain as a part of a reformed health care system.
  AMCARE will operate alongside of the various private options under 
the same structure and rules. It will offer the standard national 
benefits package with supplemental benefits offered in the same manner 
as other plans.
  While AMCARE is government sponsored, it is not taxpayer financed. It 
is self-financing through premiums. It will be administered by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services with an oversight board of 
trustees and a 3-percent administration cap. It will participate in 
risk adjustment and receive subsidy payments for individuals in the 
same manner as other plans.
  As we consider the final version of health care reform, I hope that 
an AMCARE model will be considered.
  For anyone who believes that government can compete with the private 
sector in the delivery of healthcare, AMCARE is the plan for you; for 
anyone who believes the private sector can out compete government in 
the delivery of health care, AMCARE will allow you to prove it; for 
those of you who feel that the jury is not in on the issue, AMCARE will 
allow the jury to come in.

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