[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WILL NOT WORK

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. About 85 percent of the people in this country 
do have health care coverage, Mr. Speaker. And we really need to do 
something about the indigent, the people that are poor, the 15 percent 
that don't have coverage. But creating a socialized medical system 
simply won't work, as my colleague that just preceded me said. 
Socialism causes a rationing of health care, and in addition to that, 
it causes a tremendous amount of additional expense on people that they 
don't really think they're going to have to bear.
  We're going to see a tax increase for everybody in this country if we 
pass the program that's been put forth by the Democrats and the 
President of the United States. And the rationing of health care for 
seniors. I can't believe the AARP has come out in favor of this bill, 
because seniors who have more health problems as they progressively get 
older are going to be hit the worst. And as my colleague just said, 
there will be rationing of health care, and many people won't be able 
to get hip replacements or heart surgery that's absolutely necessary to 
keep them going and keep their quality of life where it should be.
  I hope the people of this country, Mr. Speaker, really pay attention, 
and I hope we don't get this bill passed until we get back in August, 
because once the American people find out what's in it, they aren't 
going to want it.

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