[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Secretary 
Sebelius spoke in the Energy and Commerce Committee and said that one 
of the concerns with health care was in Kansas there were not many 
choices. Indeed that is the concern across the Nation. But as we look 
at solutions for the health insurance crisis, establishing Uncle Sam's 
Health Insurance Company may not be the answer.
  Under those circumstances, you get to buy insurance from any State, 
no matter where you live. You get to bypass State mandates, and you get 
to bargain for better prices and better quality as a group. But private 
plans you still have to buy only within your State. You have to stick 
within your State mandates, which add to the costs, and you don't get 
to join bigger groups and bargain for better price and quality.
  As we work on health care, let's continue to work together and find 
solutions. We can do this. We can drive down price and improve quality. 
But let's make sure that all the choices are fair and that we have 
competition.

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