[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 107 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       AMERICANS NEED TO DEMAND A MARKET-BASED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I'm a medical doctor. I used to 
do a radio program called ``House Calls with Dr. Paul,'' where I tried 
to explain medical problems to people so that they could understand 
them.
  As a Member of Congress, I am here this morning to try to explain 
this health care bill in ways that Americans can understand it. America 
needs to decide whether they want a health care system where they make 
the decisions in conjunction with their doctor or some Washington 
bureaucrat makes those decisions.
  They need to make the decision whether they want a health care system 
where they have to wait long periods of time for surgeries and for 
tests, for MRIs and x-rays, where people who have cancer can't get the 
life-saving treatments that they desperately need, which is what we've 
been seeing from the other side.
  We have solutions. Republicans have introduced numerous bills; and 
numerous bills will be introduced that will solve the health care 
problems, lower the cost of premiums, lower the cost of medicine, 
hospital bills and doctors' bills. The American people need to decide 
and demand a market-based health care system.

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