[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              FACTS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS' HEALTH CARE PLANS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, here are some facts about the 
Democrats' health care bills: They reduce benefits for seniors, 
according to the Congressional Budget Office; young people, and perhaps 
most others, pay higher premiums for health insurance, according to 
nonpartisan analysts; just because you like your health care insurance 
does not mean you can keep it, according to the Congressional Budget 
Office; if you don't buy the insurance policy the government requires, 
you pay an excise tax of almost $2,000, according to legislative 
language; and the cost of health care increases--not decreases--
according to the Congressional Budget Office. And none of the plans 
contains language, known as ``tort reform,'' to reduce frivolous 
lawsuits against medical personnel.
  Mr. Speaker, let's give the American people the facts about the 
Democrats' health care proposals. If we do, they will insist that we 
start over and get it right.

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