[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 14 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ADOPT HEALTH IT ACT

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise President Bush for 
his State of the Union remarks on health information technology, which 
he rightly noted will help control costs and reduce dangerous medical 
errors.
  I would also like to encourage my colleagues to support health IT 
legislation that I have introduced, H.R. 4641, the ADOPT HIT Act.
  Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM 
without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital 
there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am 
on.
  Right now the health care sector is woefully behind in using modern 
technology to reduce errors and save money, and that is why I 
introduced H.R. 4641. It provides increased tax breaks for physicians 
who invest in new health information technology.
  As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, 
but they find the cost prohibitive. Doctors will be more likely to 
adopt this technology if our Tax Code helps offset the substantial 
initial cost. By adopting the ADOPT HIT Act, by passing that act, we 
can move one step closer to a health care system that saves time, money 
and, most importantly, lives.

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