House Proceeding on Sep 16th, 2009 :: 0:32:25 to 0:33:45
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Michael C. Burgess: now, and h.r. 3200 does that by expanding access to aff coverage and bringing true health care reform to the american pople. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the from texas rise? >> perm -- permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states came to

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Speech By: Michael C. Burgess

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Michael C. Burgess: this house last wednesday night and talked about health care. at the end of his speech he talked about perhaps we could consider some at least a look at mecal liability reform. and i encouraged the president to do that. look at what's happened in texas since 2003. texas has become a magnet for doctors. since the reforms passed in the state of texas in 2003, charity care, rendered by texas

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Michael C. Burgess: hospitals, has risen 24%. texas has licensed almost 15,000 new physicians, which is a 36% increase from prereform. 33 rural counties have seen a net gain in emergency room doctors, including 26 counties which previously had no emergency room doctors. after years of decline, the ranks of medical specialists

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Michael C. Burgess: are growing in texas in my field of obstetrics. we've seen the loss of them since the two years of reform. since the reform passed, we had a net gain of 192 obstetricians in the state of texas, 26 counties have added an