[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FLAWED HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Secretary Sebelius 
coming to the Capitol yesterday to meet with the Republican Study 
Committee. And I asked the Secretary if the President intended to keep 
the promises he made on health care, specifically if he will stick by 
his pledge not to sign a reform plan that would add a dime to the 
deficit; ease access to taxpayer funds for illegal immigrants; reduce 
Medicare benefits to our seniors; or cause anyone who is happy with the 
coverage they currently have to lose it.
  Secretary Sebelius gave no response regarding the first three pledges 
but on the fourth, she said it is impossible to guarantee Americans can 
keep the health coverage they now have.
  Mr. Speaker, this underscores how flawed this reform plan is. The 
vast majority of Americans are happy with the health care coverage they 
currently have. Certainly we need reform for those Americans for whom 
the system is not working, but we shouldn't force as many as a hundred 
million persons into a government-run health care plan. H.R. 3200 would 
do exactly that.
  We can do better.

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