[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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          THE DEBATE OVER HEALTH CARE REFORM IS ALIVE AND WELL

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, while some may believe that the debate over 
health care is behind us, the report that we received last week, which 
stated very clearly that this administration had determined that we 
would see a $311 billion increase--increase--in health care costs over 
the next decade, was completely counter to what we and the American 
people were promised. We were promised that there would, in fact, be 
savings. So I think that, with this report, it is very clear that the 
debate continues to be alive and well.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to take a step-by-step approach, ensuring that 
people can have access to insurance products across State lines and 
ensuring that meaningful lawsuit abuse reform takes place. Small 
businesses should be able to come together to buy at lower rates. We 
should have pooling to deal with preexisting conditions, and we should 
expand medical savings accounts.
  Those five things, Mr. Speaker, will go a long way towards decreasing 
costs to ensure that every American will have access to quality, 
affordable health insurance.

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