[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SPECIAL DEALS STILL IN OBAMACARE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard about the Cornhusker 
kickback and the Louisiana purchase. But there are other special deals 
in the Senate health care bill that are on the verge of becoming law.
  In Connecticut, there is $100 million for a university hospital 
inserted by Senator Dodd. There is $500 million in Medicaid to bail out 
the health care program in Massachusetts. The small State of Vermont 
gets $600 million for their Medicaid program. This bill will subsidize 
New Jersey pharmaceutical companies and will give $5 billion to union 
health care plans in Massachusetts and Michigan. It will slash Medicare 
Advantage programs for every State except Florida. It will exempt Blue 
Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan and Nebraska from the new annual fee on 
health insurers. This bill will provide higher Medicare payments in 
North Dakota and exempt hospitals in Hawaii from cuts.
  All of these will become law the moment this House arrogantly ``deems 
this bill passed'' to the President. Is it any wonder the American 
people don't like this bill being crammed through, forced through, and 
bribed through?

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