[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 30 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             OBAMACARE 2.0

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                            HON. MIKE PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 4, 2010

  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, from the townhalls of August to the voting 
booths in Massachusetts, the American people have spoken. The American 
people want health care reform, but they don't want a government 
takeover of health care.
  And despite the president's latest polished pitch, ObamaCare 2.0 is 
still a government takeover of \1/6\th of our economy--and the American 
people know it.
  The latest version of ObamaCare is a government takeover because:
  1. It will mandate private citizens purchase health care, whether 
they need it or want it.
  2. It will cause millions of employers to cancel the health insurance 
they currently offer employees and force tens of millions of Americans 
into a government-run Exchange.
  3. It will create a health care czar to impose price controls on 
private health insurance that will lead to shortages and force even 
more people into government-run care.
  Mr. President, government mandates, government-run insurance and more 
government control is a government takeover of health care.

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