[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TOO MUCH BUREAUCRACY IN THE DEMOCRATIC HEALTH CARE BILL

  (Mr. PUTNAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PUTNAM. Mr. Speaker, with just 1 week left before we return to 
our districts, it is alarming that we do not have a final health care 
bill to read despite the Speaker's determination to have a vote on it 
this weekend. To get a head start though, I decided to look through the 
incomplete version available to the public online.
  No further along than page 16, there is a provision that essentially 
says, A private insurance provider cannot enroll new beneficiaries into 
a health care plan. In short order, government-approved health care 
will be the only option. Current nonpartisan estimates project that as 
many as 114 million people will lose private health insurance. Nearly 5 
million jobs will be lost due to the new taxes and mandates, and a 
whopping $1.3 trillion will be added to Federal spending over 10 years.
  The bill creates 53 new commissions, councils, bureaus, advisory 
panels, and offices. If the American people think it's difficult to 
navigate the current health care system, just wait until more 
bureaucrats are involved. Why have the authors of this bill declared 
war on small business only to grow the Federal Government? Americans do 
not need more government. They need private sector jobs and affordable, 
quality health care. This bill provides neither.

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