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Porter Goss: folks back home seem to feel the President is doing more talking than listening about health care reform. Here is what…

On the recordApril 13, 1994
folks back home seem to feel the President is doing more talking than listening about health care reform. Here is what one southwest Florida senior citizen had to say. Without exception all of my friends are vigorously opposed to any new bureaucracy that would make the decisions on doctor-patient relations, on who will get care and who will not and the taxes to be imposed to pay for the inevitable foulups, paper, paper, and more paper. They are fed up with * * * Government meddling in their lives and the use of tax money that permits the Clintons, Cabinet members, and the overbearing, bloated White House staff to fly around the country selling Clinton's plan. If it must be sold, it is dangerous. It's pretty clear, Mr. President. Older Americans are interested in real health care, not costly sales pitches.
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Porter Goss
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Addressing concerns about health care reform and government involvement during a floor speech.

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