[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25792]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 OPTING OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, yesterday we learned an 
interesting thing: the Senate health care bill will include a fig leaf 
opt-out of the government-run health care plan. Now, that brings up 
some interesting points and questions: Will Americans also be allowed 
to opt out of the rest of the government takeover of health care? Will 
they be able to opt out of the $800 billion in tax increases? Will they 
be able to opt out of the $500 billion in slashes to Medicare? Will 
they be able to opt out of forcing millions of Americans onto 
government-run medicine? Will they be able to opt out of a government 
bureaucrat getting between doctors and patients? The truth is, Mr. 
Speaker, anyone who seriously thinks an opt-out is the answer to all of 
these harmful provisions has already opted out of reality.
  What the American people know is that there are positive solutions 
like H.R. 3400 and the others included from the Republican Study 
Committee and the Republican Conference. The American people want 
patients empowered and they want positive reforms. That's what we 
should be working on.

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