[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26555-26556]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I support changing and improving 
our health care delivery system, and there is a lot that can be done. 
Unfortunately, H.R. 3962, the Speaker's health care bill, does too much 
and too much wrong.
  This nearly 2,000-page bill will create 111 new government boards, 
bureaucracies, and commissions. Additionally, the bill uses the word 
``shall,'' which is the government's way of saying people must do 
something, a whopping 3,425 times.
  Instead of turning our entire health care system on its head and 
increasing government, we need to implement reforms that eliminate 
unnecessary costs

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in our system. Further, history shows that a government-run health care 
plan will be way more expensive than what is estimated today. The 
experience with health care entitlement programs is that they end up 
costing so much more than ever thought. In 1967, experts predicted that 
the then-new Medicare program would cost $12 billion in 1990. Actual 
Medicare spending in 1990 was $110 billion.
  Instead of growing government, increasing bureaucracy, and creating 
more requirements, we must invest in wellness and prevention and 
promote cost savings and personal responsibility. All of that will 
improve opportunities for Americans.

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