[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HEALTH CARE REFORM SHOULD NOT COST PATIENTS THEIR HEALTH CARE

  (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, health care reform should not 
cost my patients their health care. In every plan, the Democrats pay 
for health care reform on the backs of my patients, particularly 
seniors and those who get health care from their employer.
  Our seniors have suffered tremendously since the recession began. 
However, my Democratic colleagues don't think seniors have paid enough 
this year, so now they are asking our seniors to foot the bill for 
health insurance reform by cutting Medicare by $50 billion. And despite 
our tough economic times, the Democrat plans would fund the health 
reform plan by creating massive new taxes on employers that will result 
in as many as 5.5 million jobs lost.
  Don't believe me? Ask the 22 Democrats who signed a letter to Speaker 
Pelosi on July the 16th telling her that the Obama plan could increase 
small business taxes to 50 percent. Fifty percent, my colleagues.
  Mr. Speaker, health care reform should not cost my patients their 
health care.

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