[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 20, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ELIMINATING IPAB

  (Mr. DesJARLAIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DesJARLAIS. Mr. Speaker, because the President cannot stand by 
his record of failed policies and broken promises, he has resorted to 
the policies of envy and division--all in the name of ``fairness.'' 
However, is it ``fair'' that, to pay for his health care bill, 
President Obama cut $500 billion from Medicare, thereby threatening 
seniors and their access to health care?
  As a doctor for over 20 years, I know how important Medicare is to 
our seniors. That's why I'm proud to join House Republicans this week 
in introducing a bill to eliminate the new Medicare rationing board 
created in ObamaCare.
  While President Obama thinks 15 unelected Washington bureaucrats 
should decide the value of medical services, my fellow physicians and I 
believe that power should remain between the Nation's doctors and their 
patients. Fifteen unelected bureaucrats. That's one crowded exam room.
  Let us pass this bill and get rid of this health care law that we 
didn't ask for, we can't afford, and we just plain don't want.

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