Nancy L. Johnson: “Of course, the good news is, and I thank my colleague from Michigan for joining me tonight, I appreciate it very much to…”

“Of course, the good news is, and I thank my colleague from Michigan for joining me tonight, I appreciate it very much to talk about the implications of the employer mandate. Because the bad news is that the employer mandate is still a proposal that is alive and well, even though its impact on the economy would be very negative, and its impact on the central issue of controlling health care costs would be very negative. But the good news is that there is truly bipartisan initiatives that could address all the kinds of problems that we know exist out there and foster the kind of individual private sector initiative that we see working, not only to control health care costs, but working to actually improve the quality of health care in America and improve the level of wellness and health in the holistic sense that Americans have access to. So in future special orders, we will take on some of the other complexion aspects of this debate, and also some of the opportunities for solutions that, frankly, we could pass in a month or two, if we focused in on those positive initiatives for which there is real bipartisan support.”