House Proceeding 11-07-09 on Nov 7th, 2009 :: 1:16:30 to 1:18:50
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1:16:29 to 1:16:50( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: not be switched to a noninterchangeab ithout approval of their trr? mr. waxman: congressman inslee, you are correct. patients would not be swched from a referenced product to a noninterchangeable biosimilar -- i yield myself 20 seconds. our intent is also that a patient could not be

1:16:30 to 1:18:50( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Roy Blunt

1:16:51 to 1:17:12( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: financially indusde by their plan to switch to a noninterchangeable biosimilar without the consent of the doctor. and i'm happy to work with the gentleman to clarify the language. pass this bill. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: thank you, mr. speaker.

1:17:13 to 1:17:33( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: i'd like to yield two minutes to republican health care task force and a member of our committe member, mr. roye blunt, two minutes. -- mr. roy blunt, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: th gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. blunt: thank you, mr. chairman. there are so many things that i am for in health care. we have in our health care

1:17:34 to 1:17:55( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: solutions group, i'm sponsoring a dozen bills, the core of those bills will talk -- we'll talk about later when we get to the republican substitute, but if those bills cost $1.1 trillion, the bills i'm for, i'd be against those bills. we can't afford this bill. it cuts medicare $505 billion. it raises taxes.

1:17:56 to 1:18:16( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: there is no estimate i see of people have estimated the job impact who don't say that it cuts jobs. instead, it's a 2,000-page road map to a government takeover of health care. we could be here today talking about real reforms. medical liability reform, access for everybody regardless of pre-existing conditions.

1:18:17 to 1:18:38( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: we think you can do that by expanding the risk pool concept. and it costs a little money but doesn't cost billions and billions and billions of dollars. medicare cuts, if we could find medicare savings, mr. speaker, we should use those medicare savings to save medicare. only the government would have made a commitmento a program

1:18:39 to 1:18:52( Edit History Discussion )

Roy Blunt: like medicare, know that program is in huge trouble beginning in 2017 and be here today saying we should make savings from that program to fund a new program.