[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19547-19548]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CHANGE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INTERNALLY

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is exactly right: there are 
things we can agree on. In fact, there are things we have already 
agreed on. The minority has never reached out on issues to the majority 
more aggressively than on this one, where we have said we want a plan 
where everyone has access regardless of preexisting conditions. We want 
more competition and more choice that we believe will impact price. We 
are not satisfied with the current system.
  Internally, we think you change this system by medical malpractice 
reform, by more health IT, by more transparency of both results, cost 
and care. Those are the principles we ought to be advancing.
  The administration insists that this be done their way. We are not 
for government takeover of health care. We're for a system that works 
better for the American people, and we stand ready to work together to 
make that system happen.

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