[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H12231-H12232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I support changing and improving 
our health care delivery system, and there is a lot that can be done. 
Unfortunately, H.R. 3962, the Speaker's health care bill, does too much 
and too much wrong.
  This nearly 2,000-page bill will create 111 new government boards, 
bureaucracies, and commissions. Additionally, the bill uses the word 
``shall,'' which is the government's way of saying people must do 
something, a whopping 3,425 times.
  Instead of turning our entire health care system on its head and 
increasing government, we need to implement reforms that eliminate 
unnecessary costs in our system. Further, history shows that a 
government-run health care plan will be way more expensive than what is 
estimated today. The experience with health care entitlement programs 
is that they end up costing so

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much more than ever thought. In 1967, experts predicted that the then-
new Medicare program would cost $12 billion in 1990. Actual Medicare 
spending in 1990 was $110 billion.
  Instead of growing government, increasing bureaucracy, and creating 
more requirements, we must invest in wellness and prevention and 
promote cost savings and personal responsibility. All of that will 
improve opportunities for Americans.

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