[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17461]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, Americans all agree, and even Members of 
this body, Members of Congress, agree on the broad major concepts of 
health care reform. We all agree that health care should be cost 
effective, easily accessed, high quality with choices, focused on the 
patient, and it should be for everyone.
  A government takeover, though, wouldn't be affordable. It will cost 
$1.6 trillion. Easy access? Ain't gonna happen. High quality? I don't 
think so. Customer service? You've got to be kidding. Doctors might say 
you need an x ray; but under the government-run plan, you may just get 
told you've been X'd.

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