[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. PACKARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, the other night President Clinton addressed 
the American people and urged them to contact their Representatives in 
Congress to express their views about health care reform. My 
constituents took the President's advice and started calling my 
district offices immediately after the speech and they are still 
calling.
  And what are they saying? Oppose the President's plan; keep big 
government out of my doctor's office; and prevent bureaucrats from 
tinkering with my health care.
  As a dentist, I can understand their concerns. Health care is a 
personal relationship between doctor and patient. The Clinton-Gephardt-
Mitchell approach to health care reform is exactly the kind of big 
government, one size fits all approach to health care reform my 
constituents hate.
  Instead, those who called my office asked me to work for the kind of 
health care reforms which address their concerns. My constituents want 
us to ensure access to health insurance, to protect them from losing 
their insurance in case they should change jobs or get sick, and to 
control costs by reforming malpractice laws.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope the President is listening, because I sure am. I 
urge my colleagues to listen as well. Fix what is wrong with the system 
instead of handing over the entire thing to Government bureaucrats to 
deal with. It is not what the American people are saying they want or 
need.

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