[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE TRUE COST OF GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, Republicans do support reasonable health care 
reform that will lower the cost of health care and health insurance for 
every American family and for every American business, but the Democrat 
plan for health care reform amounts to a government takeover of health 
care in this country, paid for with nearly $1 trillion in higher taxes.
  The American people know what government-run health care will mean: 
higher cost, bigger deficits, less coverage, less quality, less choice, 
and more bureaucracy.
  House Republicans have led the fight against this government takeover 
of health care, and now House Republicans and a handful of Democrats 
are on the verge of a historic victory for the American people and for 
our American health care economy, but we need your help.
  If you oppose government-run health care, call your Congressman 
today. If you oppose higher costs, bigger deficits, less coverage, and 
more bureaucracy, call your Congressman today. If you want real 
bipartisan health care reform that lowers the cost and that addresses 
the real needs of our health care economy with American solutions, call 
your Congressman today.

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