[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HEALTH CARE AND ITS FAULTY PREMISES

  (Mr. COLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? Well, they certainly 
aren't in the Democrats' job-killing health care plan. At a time when 
America is suffering the worst recession in a generation, it's utterly 
irresponsible to propose a government takeover of our health care 
system and destroy millions of private sector jobs in the process.
  Since the Democrats passed their stimulus package, more than 2 
million American jobs have been lost, and the chair of the White House 
Council of Economic Advisors, Dr. Christina Romer, has suggested that 
the tax hikes on businesses that will be required to pay for the 
Democratic health care plan will result in the loss of an additional 
4.7 million jobs.
  In addition, Mr. Speaker, the Democratic proposal will force drastic 
cuts in Medicare Advantage, causing millions of seniors to lose their 
coverage for prescription medicine, the cost of private health care 
will skyrocket, and the Lewin Group has estimated that nearly 114 
million Americans will be forced out of their current private health 
care coverage and into government-run health care plans.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrats' job-killing health care proposal is the 
wrong prescription. It will cost millions of jobs. Americans need a 
second opinion.

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