[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6923]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          MASSACHUSETTS FUTURE

  (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 only need to look at Massachusetts to see 
a preview of what is in store if we fail to repeal ObamaCare.
  Just a few years ago, it was predicted that the Massachusetts health 
reform would reduce emergency room care by getting patients in to see 
primary care physicians. But a new survey shows that only half of 
primary care physicians are able to accept new patients right now. It 
now takes 48 days to see an internist for a routine checkup. Premiums 
in Massachusetts remain among the highest in the Nation. Low 
reimbursements in the Commonwealth Care health plan mean that only 
about half of doctors accept the State-managed insurance.
  Far from solving Massachusetts' health care crisis, the health reform 
law has created problems of its own. The Massachusetts Medical Society 
finds that the environment for physicians continues to deteriorate, 
despite billions in government spending--just a sample of what awaits 
the Nation under ObamaCare.

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