[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SOLID SOLUTIONS

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, under the current health care proposal in 
the House, the health coverage of 16 million Americans who hold 
individual market health plans is in jeopardy.
  We've heard, ``If you like it, you can keep it,'' but this bill 
breaks that promise, takes away the freedom to choose, and drives up 
costs.
  Under this bill, private providers of individual health plans will be 
prohibited from enrolling even one new member. It's simple economics. 
Without new enrollees, the existing members will only get older, get 
sicker. Costs will skyrocket and so will the premiums.
  Cost will prevent the providers from providing quality coverage. Cost 
will force 16 million Americans out of their current health care 
coverage. This is not choice. This is not freedom.
  Last week, I offered an amendment in the House Ways and Means 
Committee to stop this. The amendment was rejected.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this bill so we can discuss solid 
solutions that will protect and strengthen health care of every 
American.

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