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On the recordMay 22, 1996
But, if the gentleman will yield, the liberals in America do not want the American people to have the freedom to shop for themselves, because it is exactly what you are talking about is shopping. Instead of shopping for food, instead of shopping for clothes, you get to shop for your own medical care. And if you think you have got a good doctor who will take that x ray for $25 or $30 under the costs of another doctor, you have got an incentive to go out and shop for that better buy just like you shop for a better buy in all aspects of life. Liberals do not like that. They do not like it because it cuts dependency, and they do not like it because people exercise freedom. If you teach people to exercise freedom enough, pretty soon they are going to want to have a lot more freedom, and that is a bad thing from a liberal perspective.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Discussing the concept of consumer choice in healthcare during a debate.

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