[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  DANGER OF DEMOCRAT HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, health care decisions are often 
the most personal and important decisions ever made, and those 
decisions should rightly be made by patients and doctors, not 
bureaucrats and insurance companies. So it's concerning that the 
Democrat leadership plan to move forward with a large expansion of 
Washington-controlled bureaucratic health care under the guise of 
providing care for children.
  The House Democrat plan would cost $50 to $80 billion, and include 
children whose families have an annual income up to $82,000, making 71 
percent of all children in America eligible for government-run 
socialized medicine, a level of income where 89 percent of children 
already have private health insurance. Why? Because these Washington 
politicians believe they can make better health care decisions for 
America's families. They don't trust patients, and they don't trust 
doctors.
  As a physician I know that the best medical decisions are made by 
patients and families. The positive solution is patient-centered health 
care, making insurance available to all patients and families. Let's 
put patients in charge, not Washington. That's what Americans want.

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