[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22158]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           IMPOSING A HIDDEN TAX ON HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, here's the bill. Here is the 
health care bill folks have been talking about. Do you know what's in 
it? Most Members don't.
  Under the guise of children's health, there is a hidden tax on every 
single private health insurance policy in the Nation. Every one. Why? 
Because the desire of those on the left to gradually move every 
American to Washington-controlled bureaucratic health care is so strong 
they will stop at nothing.
  Their desire is to end the ability of patients and their doctors to 
make independent choices and decisions. As a physician, I know how 
detrimental the government can be to quality health care.
  In addition, this bill will end the choices and freedoms that 8 
million seniors currently have on Medicare Advantage, cutting Medicare 
to 8 million seniors.
  Now, the left will pass this bill today because they can under a gag 
rule. That doesn't make the process or the policy correct. This is not 
what the American people want nor what they deserve, and they are 
watching.

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