[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CMS REPORT ON HEALTH CARE BILL
(Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, despite assurances the health
care bill would actually lower costs for the American people, actually
things are quite different. An independent CMS report released last
week concluded America will spend $311 billion more on health care
under the new law than we would have without it. It increases taxes on
the middle class. About 3 million people will have to pay the insurance
mandate penalty tax. It also kills jobs through mandates on small
businesses.
The American people have said this is not the direction in which they
would choose to go. Health care reform should be patient-centered to
increase access to care and reduce costs without bankrupting our Nation
and limiting our liberties. We should, rather, allow individuals to
band together across State lines to allow deductibility to everyone for
the cost of premiums, and to crack down on junk lawsuits.
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