[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER

  (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, this radically Republican Texan rises 
today to highlight the CMS analysis for the government takeover of our 
health care system. As many have predicted, CMS concluded that the new 
law fails to contain cost increases in health care. CMS projects health 
care spending will rise to 21 percent of the GDP in the next decade. 
This places our country on an unacceptable path and getting less 
coverage for our money.
  Even more alarming, CMS concluded that 50 percent of our Medicare 
Advantage patients will lose their coverage over the next decade when 
the law is fully implemented. Thousands of seniors in my district 
depend on Medicare Advantage. We need to repeal and replace this now. 
We need a new bill that will control health care costs while still 
allowing patients to keep the coverage that they have now and as they 
were promised.

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