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SO I'LL YIELD BACK MY TIME NOW,
MR. SPEAKER.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TALKING
ABOUT THE DANGER OF REPEAL AND
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED
POLICY OF JANUARY 5, 2011, THE
CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM GEORGIA, MR. GINGREY, FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME THIS
EVENING, APPROXIMATE 26
MINUTES.
MR. SPEAKER, THANK
YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME AND
IN FACT WE ARE VERY
APPRECIATIVE ON OUR SIDE OF THE
AISLE OF HAVING THIS
OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING, MR.
SPEAKER, ON REALLY A HISTORIC
DAY IN WHICH WE FINALLY
DELIVERED TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE A PROMISE THAT HAS BEEN
MADE OVER A YEAR AGO, THAT
SHOULD THIS BILL, THIS
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE
REFORM BILL, SOMETIMES REFERRED
TO AS OBAMACARE, BUT MORE
FORMALLY KNOWN AS PATIENT
PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT OF 2010, SHOULD THIS
LEGISLATION PASS, THAT IF WE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THIS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO GET THAT
GAVEL AWAY FROM FORMER SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI AND THE PRIOR
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY THAT OUR
FIRST AND NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WOULD BE TO REPEAL THIS
MISTAKEN BILL.
AND TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, IS THE
DAY THAT THAT HAPPENED.
AND CERTAINLY I AM EXTREMELY
GRATEFUL AS CO-CHAIRMAN ALONG
WITH MY COLLEAGUE TIM MURPHY
FROM THE GREAT STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA, DR. MURPHY AND I
CO-CHAIR THE HOUSE G. O.P.
DOCTORS CAUCUS.
AND MR. SPEAKER, WE GREW OUR
STRENGTH IN THIS ELECTION
NOVEMBER 2.
WE HAD ABOUT 11 MEMBERS IN THIS
CAUCUS, 11 VERY ACTIVE,
HARD-WORKING MEMBERS WHO
PRACTICED MEDICINE IN ONE FORM
OR ANOTHER, ONE SPECIALTY OR
ANOTHER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IN FACT, MR. SPEAKER, ONE TIME
WE CALCULATED THE NUMBER OF
YEARS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY
PRACTICED MEDICINE, AND IT WAS
SOMETHING LIKE 350 YEARS OF
CLINICAL PRACTICE.
AS YOU NOTICE, MR. SPEAKER,
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
GRAYNESS AROUND THE TEMPLE OF
SOME OF US BUT WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL FOR THIS ELECTION AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, GIVEN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THIS WRONG
AND TO BRING SEVEN ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS, SEVEN ADDITIONAL
HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS,
AGAIN, SOME OF THEM HAVING
PRACTICED FOR MANY YEARS,
DENTISTS, DOCTORS, EVEN SOME
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP,
SOME REGISTERED NURSES, TO BE
PART OF THIS NEW MAJORITY, AND
AS WE VOTED TODAY ON H.R. 2,
THE REPEAL BILL OF OBAMACARE, I
CAN ASSURE YOU THAT 100% OF US,
IN FACT, 100% OF REPUBLICANS OF
THE 242 ON OUR SIDE OF THE
AISLE PLUS, I THINK, THREE OR
FOUR DEMOCRATS IN A BIPARTISAN
WAY JOIN WITH US IN REPORTING
TO REPEAL THIS BILL.
I REALIZE THIS EVENING, MR.
SPEAKER, THAT OUR TIME
SLIMENTED.
I AM VERY PLEASED THAT SOME
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE G.O.P.
CAUCUS ARE WITH US.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO YIELD TO MY
CO-CHAIRMAN, DR. TIM MURPHY OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
THANK YOU, DR. GINGREY, I
APPRECIATE THAT.
LET ME TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS BILL
AND UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE A
CAR AND IT HAS A FLAT TIRE, YOU
GET DON'T GET RID OF THE CAR
BUT CHANGE THE TIRE.
IF YOU HAVE A GREAT
CAR AND IS NOT RUNNING AND IS
BROKEN DOWN, YOU GET A NEW CAR.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A HEALTH
CARE BILL THAT HAS A FEW PAGES
AND PARTS WE ALL AGREE ON AND
WANT TO WORK ON THOSE TOGETHER.
HOWEVER, THERE'S ALSO THOUSANDS
OF PAGES OF OTHER PROBLEMS AND
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES,
PERHAPS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PAGES OF REGULATIONS YET TO
BE WRITTEN BY BOARDS, PANELS
AND COMMISSIONS YET TO BE
APPOINTED ON ISSUES WE HAVE YET
TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE
INCLUDED IN THIS AND THAT IS
PART OF THE REASON WHY
EMPLOYERS ARE FRIGHTENED WHAT
MAY BE IN THIS BILL AND MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS SHAKE THEIR HEADS
AND SAY HOW COULD SOMETHING SO
MASSIVE AND IS GOING TO COST $1
TRILLION A YEAR TO ADMINISTER
THIS PLAN, HOW COULD THIS
HAPPEN WITHOUT CONGRESS REALLY
HAVING OVERSIGHT?
LET ME MENTION TWO BRIEF AREAS
OF THIS WHICH I'M DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE KNOW ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN
PROVIDE BETTER CARE AND
ULTIMATELY SAVE A LOT OF MONEY
HAS TO DO WITH DISEASE
MANAGEMENT OR CARE MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS WHEN PERHAPS NURSES OR
OTHER SPECIALISTS WITHIN THE
DOCTORS OFFICES OR WORKING WITH
THE HOSPITAL WORK TO STAY IN
TOUCH WITH THE PATIENT,
PATIENTS WHO HAVE ASTHMA OR
DIABETES OR HEART DRESS DISEASE
OR OTHER -- HEART DISEASE OR
OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESS AND KNOW
IF THEY GET THAT PATIENT TO
FOLLOW UP IN THEIR MEDICATIONS,
THEIR THERAPIES, THEY CAN
PREVENT PROBLEMS FROM WORSENING
BETTER.
THEY CAN KEEP THAT PATIENT OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL.
IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH,
CHRONIC ILLNESS HAS TWICE THE
INCIDENT OF DEPRESSION WHEN
IT'S NOT PICKED UP AND WHEN
DEPRESSION IS PRESENT AND NOT
TREATED, COSTS DOUBLE.
NOW, THIS BILL NOT ONLY ZNL PAY
FOR THIS BUT CUTS FUNDING IN AN
AREA THAT DID PAY FOR IT AND
THAT'S IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.
THIS BILL, IN ORDER TO TRY AND
PAY FOR IT, CUT $500 BILLION
WORTH OF MEDICARE.
AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
THAT WAS IN SOMETHING CALLED
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WHICH
COVERS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, 7.4
MILLION SENIORS AROUND THE
ONE OF THE CLEAR DISTINCT
ADVANTAGES OF MEDICARE
ADVANTAGE IS IT PROVIDED THIS
DISEASE MANAGEMENT.
HERE'S A COUPLE EXAMPLES.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
MEDICAL CENTER WORKS WITH --
FOUND THEY CAN REDUCE
REHOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR
DIABETICS BY 75%.
ANOTHER HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON
HOSPITAL REDUCED HEART DISEASE
BY 50%, ANOTHER PLAN REDUCED
ASTHMA READMISSIONS BY 28% ALL
BY DOING THIS IMPORTANT CARE
MANAGEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY IF YOU LIKE THE
PLAN YOU HAVE, YOU CAN'T KEEP
IT BECAUSE THIS BILL GUTS THAT
AND ELIMINATING THAT PORTION.
AND OUT OF THIS 2,900 ROUGHLY
PAGE BILL TO HAVE A COUPLE
SECTIONS PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT AS THE BENEFITS OF WHY WE
SHOULD KEEP THIS BILL, THESE
ARE AREAS WE AGREE ON, MAINTAIN
PREEXISTING COVERAGE, DON'T CUT
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK.
LET KIDS STAY ON THEIR PARENTS'
POLICY FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER,
ALL IMPORTANT PARTS, AND THINGS
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON AS
A CONFERENCE.
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND HEALTH
CARE.
AND PARTICULARLY THIS CAUCUS
MADE UP OF HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS, WE WORK WITH
PATIENTS FOR MANY, MANY DECADES
ALTOGETHER, HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE BOTTOM
LINE IS WE MUST WORK ON HEALTH
CARE REFORM AND THIS BILL QUITE
DOESN'T REFORM THAT.
SO I YIELD BACK TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THANK MR. MURPHY
FOR HIS REMARKS AND NOW I'D
LIKE TO YIELD TIME TO MY
COLLEAGUE FROM THE GREAT STATE
OF GEORGIA, I REPRESENT THE
11TH DISTRICT, HE REPRESENTS
THE 10TH DISTRICT.
AND IN THE ATHENS AREA AND A
GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, A
PRACTITIONER, DR. PAUL BROUN.
I APPRECIATE YOU
TONIGHT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAD GREAT FUN IN THE LAST
CONGRESS AND TALKED ABOUT HOW
BAD OBAMACARE IS.
AND I'M EXCITED THAT TODAY THE
CONGRESS, THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES VOTED TO REPEAL
I MAY ASK -- IN FACT I WAS ON
NEIL CAVUTO THIS EVENING AND
NEIL CAVUTO PLAYED HAD SOME
TAPES OR SPEECHES OF OUR
DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUE AND SAID,
WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THE REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO OFFER.
WE HEARD LAST CONGRESS THAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF
NO.
WELL, WE ARE THE PARTY OF
K-N-O-W BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW TO
LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE
AND KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE GOOD
QUALITY HEALTH CARE AT THE
LOWEST PRICE AND WE KNOW HOW TO
CREATE JOBS AND CREATE A STRONG
ECONOMY AND THOSE ARE THE
THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
IN THIS CONGRESS AS THE
SO I'M EXCITED.
BUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
YESTERDAY I INTRODUCED MY BILL,
ONE OF TWO I HAD IN THE LAST
CONGRESS, I REINTRODUCED ONE
YESTERDAY, THE NEW NUMBER IS
H.R. 299.
AND WHAT IT WOULD DO IS DO FIVE
THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IS IT WOULD REPEAL
OBAMACARE IF IT'S PASSED INTO
LAW.
NUMBER TWO, IT WOULD ALLOW
PEOPLE TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
ACROSS STATE LINES, WHICH IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL THING.
ACTUALLY, WE SHOULD UNDER THE
COMMERCE CLAUSE EXPAND
COMMERCE.
THAT'S WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT
OF THE COMMERCE CLAUSE IS SO
THAT'S WHAT MY BILL WOULD DO.
THIRDLY, IT WOULD ALLOW ANYBODY
IN THIS COUNTRY, BUSINESS,
INDIVIDUALS TO JOIN THE
ASSOCIATION SO THEY CAN JOIN A
HUGE POOL, AND THIS WOULD MEAN
THEY'D HAVE MULTIPLE INSURANCE
PRODUCTS THEY CAN BUY AT A MUCH
LOWER COST THAN THEY'RE PAYING
TODAY.
THE FOURTH THING IT WOULD DO IS
STIMULATE STATES TO SET UP
HIGH-RISK POOLS, MANY STATES
HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT VERY
SUCCESSFULLY.
AND THEN THE FIFTH THING IS IT
WOULD ALLOW EVERYBODY TO DEDUCT
100% OF THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS
OFF THEIR INCOME TAXES WHICH
WOULD MARKEDLY CHANGE THE
DYNAMICS OF HEALTH CARE
FINANCING.
I INTRODUCED THAT LAST TIME.
I INTRODUCED IT YESTERDAY.
MY OTHER BILL, THE PATIENT
OPTION ACT IS H.R. 3899 IN THE
LAST CONGRESS AND WE'LL BE
REINTRODUCING THAT.
BUT OUR COLLEAGUE FROM GEORGIA,
DR. TOM PRICE WHO WAS THE
R.F.C. CHAIRMAN INTRODUCED THE
BILL H.R. 3400 IN THE LAST
CONGRESS WHICH WAS TO REFORM
HEALTH CARE FINANCING.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE BILLS
WHY HAS NOBODY HEARD ABOUT
THESE THINGS?
BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI IS
OPERATING IN A VERY DICTATORIAL
MANNER AND DIDN'T WANT OUR
BILLS TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
MEDIA.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THESE BILLS COME FORWARD.
WE NEED TO REPEAL AND REPLACE
OBAMACARE ITSELF IS GOING TO
DESTROY JOBS.
IT'S GOING TO DESTROY BUDGETS.
IT'S GOING TO DESTROY THE
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE.
IT'S GOING TO DESTROY JOBS --
WE JUST HAD OUR FRIEND,
DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUE FROM
FLORIDA THIS YEAR TALKING ABOUT
HOW IT WOULD HURT SMALL
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS KEEPING
OBAMACARE WILL HURT SMALL
BUSINESSES.
I TALKED TO A SMALL EMPLOYER
EMPLOYEES AND DESPERATELY NEEDS
TO HIRE MORE BUT IS NOT GOING
TO UNTIL WE REPEAL OBAMACARE
BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL STRAIN
IT WILL PUT ON HER BUSINESS AND
BREAK THE BUDGETS WITH
INCREASED MEDICAID.
WE'VE GOT TO REPEAL OBAMACARE
AND REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING
ELSE THAT REDUCES THE COSTS,
NOT JUST SLOWS THE COSTS BUT
REDUCES THE COSTS OF EVERY
HEALTH CARE SERVICE AND PRODUCT
THAT.
MY BILL WOULD DO THAT.
OTHER BILLS WILL DO THAT.
AND DR. GINGREY, WE'RE GOING TO
REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE.
WE'LL PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEE SO THEY
KNOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
THE PARTY OF K-N-O-W.
I YIELD BACK.
TIME.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM
GEORGIA FROM THE 10TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE
POSSIBLE TERS WE HAVE HERE, WHAT
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE
PLAN AND THE PLAN IS NOT A PLAN,
BUT A SERIES OF PLANS, IF YOU
WILL, PLAN A, PLAN B AND PLAN C
AND THE REPEAL AS DEPICTED ON
THIS VERY FIRST AND SECOND
POSTER WAS, AT LEAST THE HOUSE
COMPLETION OF PLAN A AND THAT IS
REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, WE FEEL
VERY STRONGLY THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE
DID IN THIS HOUSE TODAY.
AS DR. BROUN WAS TALKING ABOUT,
REPUBLICAN PRIORITY NUMBER TWO,
NOT ONLY TO REPEAL IT, BUT TO
REPLACE IT, BUT EVERY ONE OF US,
PARTICULARLY THE MEMBERS OF THE
G.O.P. DOCTORSO CAUCUS
UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING IS
PERFECT.
WE TRIED TO BRING LEGISLATION
DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS AND
GAVE BETTER SOLUTIONS TO THE
PRESIDENT.
PAGES 8 AND 9 WERE PLANS OTHER
THAN A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER.
THE PRESIDENT SAID, WELL, I GOT
IT, READ IT AND WENT ON TO SAY,
THEY WON'T BRING ME ANY IDEAS,
IF THEY ONLY WOULD.
PRIORITY NUMBER TWO, REPLACE
OBAMACARE THAT EMPOWER
PROTECTIONS AND PROTECT OUR
ECONOMY AND REPUBLICAN PRIORITY
NUMBER THREE IN THIS POSTER,
REPEAL AND DEFUND, DEFUND
PROVISIONS OF OBAMACARE UNTIL
FULL REPEAL IS SUCCESSFUL IF
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE SENATE
AND THE PRESIDENT TO GO ALONG
WITH US IN REGARD TO THIS FULL
IF THEY DON'T DO IT, THEY AREN'T
PEOPLE.
AND THEY DO IT AT THEIR OWN
PERIL.
I YIELD BACK TO THE THE
GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA FOR FIVE
SECONDS.
THE PRESIDENT TOLD US
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IF
ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER IDEAS
BESIDES OBAMACARE, HIS DOOR IS
ALWAYS OPEN.
I KNOW I KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND
NOBODY WAS HOME.
THEY DIDN'T ANSWER THE DOOR AS
THEY HAVE FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF
OUR CAUCUS.
I YIELD BACK.
AT THIS TIME, I
WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO ONE OF
OUR FRESHMAN MEMBERS, THE
GOSAR.
DR. GOSAR IS A DENTIST AND HAS
BEEN VERY, VERY ACTIVE NOT ONLY
IN HIS OWN PRACTICE IN ARIZONA,
BUT IN THE AMERICAN DENTAL
ASSOCIATION, AND AT THIS TIME I
YIELD TO OUR COLLEAGUE, DR.
GOSAR.
I HAVE BEEN A
PRACTICING DENTIST FOR 25 YEARS
AND I HAVE SEEN HOW
WORKS.
IT DOESN'T.
I HAVE SEEN WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS
SPILLED OVER INTO THE PRIVATE
SECTOR TRYING TO LADEN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR WITH THE
LIABILITIES WITH THE PUBLIC
SECTOR.
WE HAVE USED CREATIVE
ACCOUNTING, TAKE REVENUE TO PAY
FOR SIX YEARS' OF TREATMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ACTUALLY
WORKS IN ANYBODY ELSE'S TERMS.
WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT OUR PAST
TO GO FORWARD AND THERE WERE
THREE THINGS I WAS TAUGHT, LOOK
AT YOUR MISTAKES, LOOK AT YOUR
ACCOUNTS AND LIABILITIES AND
PLAYING FIELD.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE
WHERE IS THE TORT REFORM?
WHERE IS THE LIABILITIES AND
ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AND MAKE
SURE WE ARE USING THOSE
AND INCREASE THE COMPETITION IN
THE MARKETPLACE, INSURANCE
REFORM, WHERE WE HAVE INSURANCE
COMPANIES COMPETING FOR US IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON A
PATIENT-BASED CENTER.
AND I YIELD BACK THE REMAINDER
OF MY TIME AND I THANK THE
GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA.
I WELCOME THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA AND I
WELCOME HIM TO THE HOUSE G.O.P.
DOCK -- DOCTORS' CAUCUS AND I
YIELD TO A THORACIC SURGEON FROM
INDIANA, NEW MEMBER, DR. BUSHON.
AND HE WAS ON THE FLOOR EARLIER
WHEN DEMOCRATIC 30 MINUTES WAS
CONTROLLED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MINNESOTA AND MADE SOME REMARKS
AGAINST THE FACT THAT WE WERE
SUCCESSFUL IN REPEALING
OBAMACARE AND I THINK HE WOULD
LIKE TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THOSE
POINTS THAT WERE MADE AND I
YIELD TO OUR NEW MEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME THIS TIME.
I WAS PROUD TO VOTE FOR THE
REPEAL OF THE OBAMACARE BECAUSE
AS A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN FOR 15
YEARS, I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
APPROACH TO THE HEALTH CARE
REFORM IS THE WRONG APPROACH.
IT WAS SAID EARLIER TONIGHT THAT
WHY AREN'T THE REPUBLICANS
AREN'T FOCUSING ON JOBS.
I WOULD HOLD THAT THIS IS A JOBS
BILL TODAY.
THE HEALTH CARE BILL, OBAMACARE
BILL IS A ZOIR.
I HELD ROUND TABLES FOR LARGE
AND SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT
MY DISTRICT AND I NEVER HEARD
ANY OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD
EARLIER TONIGHT IN THIS CHAMBER.
WHAT I HEARD IT'S PREVENTING
THEM FROM EXPANDING BUSINESS OR
STARTING NEW BUSINESSES AND SOME
BUSINESSES ARE VERY WORRIED THEY
MAY NO LONGER BE IN BUSINESS.
SO THIS IS A JOBS BILL.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO
COMMENT ON IS THE PHYSICIAN
SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.
IT WAS SAID EARLIER TONIGHT IN
THIS CHAMBER THAT PHYSICIANS
BILL.
WELL, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE LAST
TIME I LOOK REPRESENT LESS THAN
20% OF THE PHYSICIANS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IN ACTUAL FACT, MOST NATIONAL
SPECIAL MEDICAL SOCIETIES WERE
AGAINST THE BILL.
SO THIS IS A GROSS
OVERREPRESENTATION OF THE
NATIONAL PHYSICIANS' SUPPORT FOR
THE BILL.
THE PRESIDENT HAD PHYSICIANS AT
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING
PHYSICIANS ARE BEHIND THIS BILL,
BUT HE BROUGHT IN A GROUP OF
PHYSICIANS THAT ARE KNOWN PEOPLE
THAT ARE PROPONENTS OF SINGLE
PAYER HEALTH SYSTEM.
THIS IS A JOBS BILL.
THIS WILL HURT JOBS IN AMERICA
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY FINISHING UP BEING A
PHYSICIAN, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS BILL IS GOING TO MAKE THAT
WORSE.
HOW CAN I CONVINCE MY YOUNG SON
TO GO INTO MEDICINE WHEN THEY
ARE LOOKING AT NO SIGNIFICANT
FINANCIAL WAY TO BECOME A
PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR IN THIS
COUNTRY WITH THIS OBAMACARE IN
PLACE.
I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO LOVE
MEDICINE TO GO INTO MEDICINE TO
PHYSICIANS.
BUT, MR. SPEAKER, UNLESS WE DO
REPEAL THIS BILL AND REPLACE IT
WITH THINGS WE KNOW THAT WORK AS
A PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTION,
THAT'S NOT GOING TO TO HAPPEN.
I YIELD BACK.
I THANK THE
GENTLEMAN FOR HIS COMMENTS AND
BEFORE I YIELD AGAIN TO MY
CO-CHAIR, DR. MURPHY., I WANTED
TO MAKE A FEW MEPTS AS WELL IN
REGARD TO SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE SAID ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE OF THE AISLE JUST WITHIN
THE LAST 30 MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE IS A
FINE, FINE MEMBER, GOT A GREAT
HEART, COMPASSION, A FRIEND OF
MINE AND I DON'T REFUTE HIM IN
ANY WAY OF BEING BEING STRIDE
ENT OR ANY ANIMOSITY TOWARD HIM,
BUT THE GENTLEMAN MADE A COMMENT
ABOUT, WELL, WHY NOT GIVE THE
LAW A CHANCE, MR. SPEAKER.
THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, THE
MAJORITY WANTED TO COME ALONG
WITH H.R. 2 AND REPEAL THE BILL,
DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE IT A CHANCE
TO SEE HOW WELL IT MIGHT WORK.
MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD JUST SAY ON
A POINT LIKE THAT, WE, ON THIS
FLOOR RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICAN SIDE
OF THE AISLE, WE DOCTORS KNOW
WHEN YOU DISCOVER A CANCER, YOU
DON'T GIVE IT A CHANCE TO GROW.
YOU DON'T GIVE IT A CHANCE TO
SPREAD, YOU CUT THAT SUCKER OUT
AND YOU GET RID OF IT LOCK,
STOCK AND BARREL AS OUR
COLLEAGUE FROM IOWA, STEVE KING
SAID THE OTHER DAY.
YOU PULL IT OUT BY THE ROOTS.
AND I THINK, MR. SPEAKER, THE
SPEAKER, JOHN BOEHNER, SAID THE
SAME THING.
WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT
THIS, THE FACT THAT TODAY, WE
DID THE RIGHT THING.
AND I HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER
CHARTS THAT OUR COLLEAGUES MIGHT
WANT TO REMPS IN REGARD TO
SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT WE FEEL
ABOUT THIS BILL AND WHY WE NEED
TO REPEAL IT AND START OVER AND
QUICKLY SAY THAT ALSO I HEARD
THE OTHER SIDE TALK ABOUT
STATISTICS SAYING THAT ONLY 18%
OF PEOPLE WANTED THE BILL
COMPLETELY REPEALED.
THAT'S NOT AN ACCURATE
STATISTIC.
18% WANTED TO LEAVE IT LIKE IT
IS.
75% IN THE LATEST POLL EITHER
WANTED IT TO BE REPEALED,
REPEALED AND REPLACED, IF NOT
REPEALED, SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ALL
ABOUT.
I YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM
PENNSYLVANIA, THE GENTLEMAN, DR.
TIM MURPHY.
A COUPLE OF THE
BRIEF POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO
BRING UP BECAUSE OUT OF A SENSE
OF COMPASSION, WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO PRACTICE HEALTH CARE
AND WE WANT PATIENTS TO BE ABLE
TO AFFORD IT.
LET ME POINT OUT A COUPLE OF
WAYS THIS BILL IS TRYING TO FUND
GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE TO
INCREASE COSTS.
THE VERY THING WE SHOULD BE
DOING TO REDUCE COSTS WILL BE
TAXED, PACE MAKERS WILL BE
TAXED, HEART MONITORS WILL BE
TAXED, ARTIFICIAL JOINTS WILL BE
TAXED, THE KNEES AND HIPS WILL
BE TAXED, DIABETES SUPPLIES,
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WILL BE
TAXED.
THAT TAX IS AN INCREASED COST IN
HEALTH CARE AND SOMETHING TO BE
PAID FOR WHICH WILL BE PAID FOR
BY INCREASING COSTS IN
INSURANCE.
EMPLOYERS HAVE TO PAY.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INSURANCE OR NO INSURANCE ON
EMPLOYEES AND IF THEY HAVE TOO
MUCH INSURANCE, THEIR EMPLOYEES
INSTEAD OF REWARDING THEM, THIS
IS GOOD, THAT GETS TAXED AS
WELL.
EMPLOYEES, IF THEY AREN'T
COVERED, THEY HAVE TO PAY TAXES
OR AS A WAY THE WAY IT STILL
WORKS, THEY CAN GET IT ON THE
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
ONE OTHER POINT, PART OF THE
FUNDING IS TO TAKE $70 BILLION
FROM A LONG-TERM HEALTH
INSURANCE PLAN, WHICH IS THE
CLASS ACT.
BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS, THEY'LL
TAKE $70 BILLION OUT OF THIS
OVER 10 YEARS BUT WHAT HAPPENS,
THE PREMIUMS WILL NEED TO BE
PAID.
ACTUALLY, IT FAR LESS.
IF ANY OF US START AN INSURANCE
PLAN AND TAKE THE MONEY OUT, YOU
WOULDN'T GET THE LICENSE TO
PROVIDE THAT INSURANCE, ONE OF
THE MANY FLAWS IN THIS PROGRAM
THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO
PAY FOR IT AND ANOTHER REASON
THE BILL HAD TO BE REPEALED
BEFORE IT IS REPLACED.
I WANT TO MAKE A
COUPLE OF POINTS BEFORE YIELDING
BACK TO DR. BROUN.
REPUBLICAN DOCTORS CAN HELP THE
REPEAL, REPLACE EFFORT.
AND I HAVE FOUR POINTS HERE THAT
I WANT TO POINT OUT, NUMBER ONE,
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMS, YES,
PLANS.
NUMBER TWO, GUARANTEED ACCESS TO
INSURANCE, YES, BUT WITHOUT AN
INDIVIDUAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
MANDATE.
NUMBER THREE, REDUCE THE COSTS
OF HEALTH CARE, YES, BUT WITHOUT
GUTTING MEDICARE, ESPECIALLY THE
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM AND
TAKING SOMETHING LIKE $130
BILLION OUT OF THAT PROGRAM AND
I THINK IT WAS POINTED OUT
EARLIER, 20% OF MEDICARE
RECIPIENTS ARE ON MEDICARE
ADVANTAGE OR AT LEAST THEY WERE
AND NUMBER FOUR, MEDICAL
LIABILITY REFORM AND I WILL HAVE
A BILL ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.
LET ME -- REFER TO MY COLLEAGUE
FROM GEORGIA FOR FINAL COMMENT.
WE HEAR FROM OUR
DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES THAT THE
BUDGET DEFICIT IS GOING TO BE
INCREASED BY REPEALING
OBAMACARE, BUT THAT'S JUST
SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE USED SOME
FAULTY ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES,
DECEPTIVE ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES
TO SHOW THAT.
THE ACTUAL COST, IF WE KEEP
OBAMACARE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS
IS GOING TO INCREASE THE DEFICIT
IT.
WE CANNOT AFFORD IT.
STATES CANNOT AFFORD IT.
IN MY HOME STATE OF GEORGIA HAS
A $200 BILLION DEFICIT AND THE
INCREASE IN MEDICAID TO FUND IT,
THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
WE CAN LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH
CARE AND WE CAN MAINTAIN GOOD
QUALITY HEALTH CARE SO THAT IT
IS PATIENT-CENTERED AND PATIENTS
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WITH
THEIR DOCTOR AND THAT'S THE KIND
OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BRING FORTH TO THIS
HOUSE.
WE ARE GOING TO REPEAL OBAMACARE
AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT UNTIL THE
2012 ELECTION AND GET A
PRESIDENT THAT WILL SIGN THE
REPEAL AND REPLACE BILL AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THAT.
I YIELD BACK.
I THANK THE
GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING AND FEW
CLOSING REMARKS.
I THINK DR. GOSAR AND DR.
BUCSHON.
ONE THING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
CLEAR THAT IS ACROSS THIS STATE
AND NOT JUST REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS, THE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNORS AS WELL ARE VERY, VERY
CONCERNED WITH THE MEDICAID
MANDATES AND THE FACT THAT THIS
MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT
REQUIREMENT THAT SAY GOVERNORS
CAN'T BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE
IN RUNNING THEIR OWN MEDICAID
PROGRAMS IS RESULTING IN A
BUDGET-BUSTING IN ALL THESE
STATES THAT HAVE TO WILL BA
ANSWER THEIR BUDGET.
THEY ARE HAVING TO CUT EDUCATION
TO THE BONE AND CUT PUBLIC
SAFETY TO THE BONE BECAUSE OF
THIS MASSIVE INCREASE COST OF
MEDICAID.
WE THANK THE SPEAKER FOR THE
TIME AND WE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE WILL BE
BACK HERE TO PASS HOUSE
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 SO WE CAN
GET BUSY ON REPLACING OBAMACARE
AND I YIELD BACK.
JABBED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA.
I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE
DO NOW ADJOURN.
THE
QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION TO
ADJOURN.
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT.