[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 11, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                               Healthcare

  Mr. President, so what else has happened in this first year? That 
happened before I got here. I ran because I wanted to weigh in on 
things like the cost of healthcare. I tackled that in my own business 
back in 2008. I found a way to make it consumer driven to where the 
people that use healthcare actually have some skin in the game.
  I did it in a way I wanted to emphasize wellness, not remediation. I 
tried as a State legislator back in 2015--served 3 years in the Indiana 
State House--and realized how hard that was going to be. I had three 
really good bills that now, ironically, are pertinent here on the main 
stage. I could not even get a committee hearing. The healthcare 
industry has dug in to the point where I think, if they don't start 
embracing the fact that they need to reform themselves, they could be 
under a drastically new system.
  So we had a President that was elected that wasn't going to be happy 
with business as usual. I was hoping that we might parlay some of that 
into real results here. Well, we have worked a year on trying to reform 
the healthcare system, and we are really not any further ahead than 
what we were a year ago. That is because the system is digging in and 
fighting it. That doesn't mean I am going to give up. That is kind of 
bad news, other than the fact that 80 Senators have come forward to 
say, Hey, you are not doing a good job. We have got suggestions. That 
ought to be a real wake-up signal that you get with it.