Jack Kingston: “I have one story that I thought was a good example of some of the thoughts that the American public has and some of the…”

“I have one story that I thought was a good example of some of the thoughts that the American public has and some of the apprehension. Under this system, and this came out in one of my health care town meetings, but I was telling the story about here you know you have the President, and you have this seven-member nonelected bureaucracy called the National Health Care Board which will be running health care policy in America, and underneath them you have the series of State-run monopolies called alliances, which are health care brokers. And then they will offer to you health care through these networks and no forth. The gentleman had mentioned, you know, what if you are not happy. You know, sometimes you get complaints about the VA hospitals. Some are good. Some are not so good. But wherever you are, that is your hospital. You do not have debate. You don't have a choice, you know, of which five VA hospitals do you go to. You have to go to the one in your geographical area. The same thing is true of these alliances. You have to go to the alliance that you live in. Ask yourself this: Are Members of Congress, is the President of the United States, is the Vice President of the United States, are the Cabinet Members going to go to the downtown Washington, DC, alliance and stand in line and sit in the lobby with the rest of the residents of this city to get health care? I do not think that they will.”