[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CMS REPORT ON HEALTH CARE BILL

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, despite assurances the health 
care bill would actually lower costs for the American people, actually 
things are quite different. An independent CMS report released last 
week concluded America will spend $311 billion more on health care 
under the new law than we would have without it. It increases taxes on 
the middle class. About 3 million people will have to pay the insurance 
mandate penalty tax. It also kills jobs through mandates on small 
businesses.
  The American people have said this is not the direction in which they 
would choose to go. Health care reform should be patient-centered to 
increase access to care and reduce costs without bankrupting our Nation 
and limiting our liberties. We should, rather, allow individuals to 
band together across State lines to allow deductibility to everyone for 
the cost of premiums, and to crack down on junk lawsuits.

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