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




         GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT COME BETWEEN DOCTOR AND PATIENT

  (Mr. LEWIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, excellent health care begins 
with a great personal relationship between a physician and his or her 
patient. Government should not attempt to get between them. America has 
a health care delivery system second to none. Problems such as 
portability and covering preexisting conditions can be underwritten 
actuarially without throwing out a system that works for the vast 
percentage of Americans.
  Every American family knows excellent care does involve some costs. 
While we pay our doctors fairly for their service, government should 
not get in the way.

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