[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6381]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER INCREASES COSTS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last week, the 
administration's own report released by the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services confirmed that the government health care takeover 
will increase costs, will hurt seniors, and will put employers in a 
position to drop employee coverage. This is not what the American 
people wanted when it came to health care reform.
  According to the CMS report, national health care costs will increase 
by $311 billion over the next 10 years, and this increase will force 
millions of seniors off of their current Medicare coverage. This 
information was released over a month after the health care takeover 
was rushed through Congress. Clearly, Congress needed to wait to vote 
on this legislation after the report was released.
  It is time for us to come together to repeal the government health 
care takeover and to swap it for patient-centered, affordable health 
insurance reform that expands access and that continues to cover 
preexisting conditions.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the Global War on Terrorism.

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