[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   A RESPONSIBLE CENTRIST HEALTH BILL

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Madam Speaker, centrists in the House have put forward a 
health care reform bill that defends your relationship with your 
doctor, lowers the cost of insurance, and extends coverage to Americans 
who don't have it. It is a better bill than the Senate bill, which has 
$1 trillion in cost.
  CBO says that bill will cover 31 million Americans, but another 15 
million will lose coverage under the legislation, giving a net of just 
16 million Americans getting coverage. At a cost of $1 trillion, that 
means it costs $62,500 per patient over 10 years.
  Our centrist plan covers more people at much less cost while finally 
guaranteeing the rights of your medical treatment against any 
government restriction.
  This House is suffering trillion-dollar sticker shock from the Senate 
bill. Our centrist health care reform bill is more responsible and will 
not break the Treasury.

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