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




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it's nice to see our colleagues 
on the other side of the aisle engaged in the health care issue. 
Unfortunately, it's in a negative manner again with no positive 
recommendations for us to move forward.
  You know, this is what happened back in the 1990s when we tried 
health care reform; there was unanimous Republican opposition to that 
effort. And, of course, during the 8 years of the Bush administration, 
we had no effort to deal with a health care plan.
  So now where do we stand? Well, back in the 1990s, the average family 
paid about $7,000 to $9,000 for a family policy; today, they're paying 
$12,000 to $14,000. We know that within another decade, if we don't do 
something today, they're going to be paying $29,000 to $36,000 for a 
family health policy. Now, that might be okay if we were healthier as a 
result, but out of 110 countries surveyed, we are 72nd. Seventy-one 
countries are healthier than we are.
  Our health care system isn't working. It's too expensive, we're not 
getting what we're paying for, and it's got to change. Now!

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