[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        JOIN THE REPUBLICAN PLAN

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States has said 
that if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. But that is 
simply not the case.
  I was in Wyoming over the weekend in my home district, and I talked 
to small business people who have health insurance, who have calculated 
what will happen if the Democrats' plan takes effect. And if it takes 
effect, they will be able to pay the 8 percent penalty in the bill and 
shift their employees onto the government plan and save money. It will 
cost them less money to take their private insurance, jettison it, take 
their employees off it, pay the 8 percent penalty, and put them on the 
government plan. The government plan will be less comprehensive, and 
their employees will suffer.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not health care reform. I ask you to join the 
Republicans with a plan that will address affordability, portability, 
and accessibility in a way that will not cost the taxpayers trillions 
of dollars.

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