[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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    POLL RESULTS SHOW SUBSTANTIAL OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT-MANDATED 
                     UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, months ago, the President dramatically 
brandished his veto pen for anything other than universal coverage in 
health care reform. But just a few days ago a phone-in poll was 
conducted by a major newspaper which serves a large metropolitan area 
in my southwest Florida district. Poll results show that two-thirds of 
those responding oppose Government-mandated universal coverage in 
health care reform. Unlike the liberal media and the White House spin 
doctors, these good people realize that there is a legitimate 
difference between universal access to affordable care and universal 
coverage under a Government-mandated, Government-run budget-busting 
health system. Hopefully, Mrs. Clinton and her fellow bus travelers are 
discovering that most Americans do not want a Washington-driven Health 
Care System. I believe they are saying let us put the people in the 
driver's seat, not Washington bureaucrats.

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