[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND RESEARCH ACT

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to protect the doctor-patient 
relationship. President Obama and many congressional Democrats have 
been pushing for government-run health care. Looking at the results of 
government-run plans across the world, it is a mistake we simply cannot 
afford. Government-run health care will be bad for doctors, bad for 
patients, and bad for the taxpayers.
  That is why I introduced legislation to ensure that Washington 
bureaucrats do not use comparative effectiveness research to make 
health care decisions for you based on cost. The Doctor-Patient 
Relationship and Research Act focuses on the two most important people 
in the health care system, the patient and their doctor.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in protecting Americans from 
government-run health care.

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