[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1457-H1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, how bad is this health bill? Oh, 
my goodness. Let me count the ways. It's bad on policy, raises taxes 
$500 billion, decreases quality of care, decreases choices for 
Americans, slashes Medicare by $500 billion. It's bad on process, with 
backroom, secret, shady deals made that Americans abhor.
  But as a physician, I know that mostly it's bad for patients. They 
know it will destroy quality care. They know it will dictate to them 
what doctor they have to see and where they have to see him or her, and 
they know it will result in more money being paid by them for less 
care--which is all the more troubling because there are so many more 
positive solutions like H.R. 3400, which would get Americans covered 
with insurance they want, not what the government wants for them. It 
would solve preexisting and portability problems with insurance that 
they want,

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not what the government wants for them, and address the lawsuit abuse 
that is so badly needed and is not addressed in the Senate bill.
  How bad is this health care bill? Madam Speaker, it's bad enough that 
the American people are saying, ``Just say no.''

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