[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 113 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5269-H5270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPPORT PATIENT OPTION ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Broun) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, this government is out of control. 
It has become too big and too intrusive. It is spending too much. It is 
taxing too much. It is regulating too much. It is borrowing too much. 
And it's sticking its ugly nose into our business too much. This must 
stop.
  ObamaCare does every one of those things. This law is as disastrous 
as a train running full throttle without an engineer, speeding toward a 
head-on collision and wrecking everything in its tracks.
  I come before you today with a solution, my Patient Option Act, H.R. 
2900. My Patient Option Act will revitalize American health care, not 
through government interference but by giving the American people full 
control over their health care decisions. It will make health care 
cheaper for everyone. It provides coverage for all Americans, and it 
will save Medicare from going broke.
  My Patient Option Act repeals ObamaCare in its entirety and replaces 
it with some patient-centered, commonsense solutions. These solutions 
include 100 percent deductibility for health care expenses for 
everyone, including insurance; flexibility for individuals and 
businesses to join associations where there will be a smorgasbord of 
health care insurance options; expanding health savings accounts that 
patients will own and control; freedom for consumers to purchase health 
insurance across State lines; and tax incentives to reward physicians 
who provide free care to patients who cannot afford health insurance.
  My Patient Option Act accomplishes all of this, and more, in just 77 
pages.

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  That's a stark contrast to the over 2,700-page regulatory nightmare 
of ObamaCare. In fact, ObamaCare's regulations are 2 million words 
longer than the Bible. Any bill that much longer than the Bible has to 
be bad for America.
  My Patient Option Act is the solution that Americans need and 
deserve. Unfortunately, the clock is ticking and time has almost run 
out.
  A Georgia businessman recently told me that his insurance premiums 
for his employees have increased by 40 percent this year, compared to 
last, due to ObamaCare.
  Another Georgia businessman, who is an owner of several fast-food 
restaurants and currently employs over 200 full-time workers, recently 
told me that he is seriously considering letting them all go and hiring 
only part-time employees.
  And recently, even President Obama's Health and Human Services 
Department has admitted that you might not be able to keep your current 
doctor, even if you want to. If Congress does not act soon, we will be 
hearing more and more of these same stories.
  I'm here to tell all Americans and all American families that it 
doesn't have to be this way.
  Mr. Speaker, if Americans want true, patient-centered, health care 
reform, then they must contact their Congressman and Senators and urge 
them to pass my Patient Option Act.
  Mr. Speaker, if Americans want lower costs, coverage for everyone, 
and government out of the way of the doctor-patient relationship, then 
they must contact their Representatives and urge them to pass my 
Patient Option Act.
  If Americans want full control of their coverage and freedom to make 
their own decisions in health care, then the Patient Option Act is the 
only true solution.
  We don't have much time; but through the voices of we, the people, 
the American people, we can work to repeal this disastrous law and 
replace it with legislation that serves the best interest of my 
patients and all patients, not government. That's my Patient Option 
Act.

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