[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 215-216]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            THE CONSEQUENCES OF REPEALING HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. SCOTT of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, those who want to repeal health 
care reform should be clear and candid about what they are doing. You 
just can't expect the people to understand the effect of repeal just 
because you put a label on it like ``ObamaCare'' or misrepresent job-
creating legislation as a ``job killer'' or misrepresent legislation 
that doesn't even have a public option in it as a ``government 
takeover.''
  Health care reform will close the doughnut hole. It allows young 
adults

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to stay on their parents' policies. It means that those with 
preexisting conditions can get insurance. It provides tax credits to 
small businesses to help them cover their employees. It creates 
community health centers and additional health professionals. It 
prohibits insurance company abuses, like cutting off coverage in the 
middle of illnesses or unreasonable increases in rates. It means that, 
in 2014, all Americans will have the security of knowing that they can 
have health care insurance.
  You just don't call or put a label on it or recite a poll-tested 
slogan. Tell the public what will happen to the doughnut hole, to young 
adults, to those with preexisting conditions, to small businesses. Tell 
the public what is going to happen if we repeal health care reform.

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