House Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 3:09:05 to 3:10:10
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3:09:01 to 3:09:23( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: pre-existing conditions. we wsolutions that don't use medicare to pay for nonmedicare spending and we want solutions that will control health care costs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? wit objection. >> the democrabill we may be voting on later this week is not the prescription for what's ailing this country.

3:09:05 to 3:10:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Dave Camp

3:09:24 to 3:09:45( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: the c.b.o. democrats' bill spends well over $1 trillion, far more than even the president asked for. nearly half of the people who get coverage in the bill will get it through medicaid. this isn't health care reform. it's welfare expansion. expansion of a program that's already financially unsustainable and crushing the state budgets.

3:09:46 to 3:10:06( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: the democrat bill includes $700 billion in tax increases much of which will be paid by middle class families which include penalties on people who don't buy insurance, penalties on employers who can't afford to cover their workers and new taxes on federal spending accounts, health savings accounts, insurance premiums and medical devices. the bill also includes about $500 billion in medicare cuts

3:10:07 to 3:10:10( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: that reduce seniors' access to doctors, to hospital