House Proceeding 11-06-09 on Nov 6th, 2009 :: 5:07:35 to 5:10:14
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5:07:26 to 5:07:37( Edit History Discussion )

Trent Franks: them all, but i think s has said it has in it over 3,000 times. mr. franks: i can give you the

5:07:35 to 5:10:14( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Peter Hoekstra

5:07:38 to 5:08:01( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: the word shall appears 3,425 times. mr. hoekstra: this bill or this constitution as in it the word shall not, i would bet th term shall not does not those two words do not appear very often in this health care document. but over 3,400 times it says shall.

5:08:02 to 5:08:22( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: and health and human services shall. but most importantly it is the commissioner shall. meaning, what we have done is we have taken the rights from this and we have taken them away and put them into this health care bill and say the commissioner now shall make these decisions.

5:08:23 to 5:08:43( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: shall make the decision as to what kind of insurance policies are av and to our constituents and which ones are not. shal are going to be in a basic plan and shall be available in a premium and a premium-plus plan.

5:08:44 to 5:09:06( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: the commissioner shall decide whether you and i can get health savings accounts. actually, we have already made that decision. that's a decision that we in this house shall decide, because health savings accounts will no longer be available. and so, it is a great transfer

5:09:07 to 5:09:28( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: of power from where the founders wanted it to be to where now this house believes it should be because this house now believes or may believe -- i hope we stop this bill, because as you were outling before i came here, you outlined some very -- and they're not simple, complicated issues, tort reform,

5:09:29 to 5:09:52( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: competition, availability and those types of things, but those are the types of things that we could do that would address the specific problems that we have in the health insurance ma and that we have in the health care area today that would specifically fix those areas and make insurance more affordable and more available for the

5:09:53 to 5:10:14( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: people who don't have it today, whereas this new massive bill says it's going to change for all of you. the commissioner shall decide. those of you on a health care plan, years, maybe. but after five years, you can be pretty well assured, we all be determined by the