[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22868]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE PLAN: DON'T GET SICK, OR IF SICK, DIE QUICKLY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GRAYSON. You may recall that a few weeks ago, President Obama 
came to this Chamber and he addressed the Chamber on health care before 
a joint session of the House and the Senate. During that session, I was 
privileged to be here, and I saw my colleagues on the far side of the 
aisle, the Republicans, waving pieces of paper during his speech, and I 
was wondering what they were. I couldn't imagine. It almost seemed like 
they wanted President Obama's autograph. I just didn't get it. I heard 
from one of my colleagues that this is what they call the Republican 
health care plan.
  I went over after the speech was over. I picked up a copy that was 
lying down on the Republican side, and it turns out that the 
Republicans health care plan was a blank piece of paper. I inquired 
further, trying to find out exactly what Republicans health care plan 
is, and it is my duty and pride tonight to be able to announce exactly 
what the Republicans plan to do for health care in America. It is this. 
It is a very simple plan. Here it is.
  The Republicans' health care plan for America: Don't get sick. That's 
right. Don't get sick. If you have insurance, don't get sick. If you 
don't have insurance, don't get sick. If you are sick, don't get sick. 
Just don't get sick. That's what the Republicans have in mind for you, 
America. That's the Republicans' health care plan.
  But I think that the Republicans understand that that plan isn't 
always going to work. It is not a foolproof plan. So the Republicans 
have a back-up plan in case you do get sick. If you get sick in 
America, this is what the Republicans want you to do. If you get sick, 
America, the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly. That's 
right. The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.
  Now, the Democrats have a different plan. The Democrats say that if 
you have health insurance, we are going to make it better. If you don't 
have health insurance, we are going to provide it to you. If you can't 
afford health insurance, then we'll help you afford it.
  So America gets to decide. Do you want the Democratic plan or do you 
want to Republican plan?
  Remember, the Republican plan: Don't get sick. And if you do get 
sick, die quickly.

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