Todd Tiahrt: “Mr. Speaker, this rule should be withdrawn. The Senate bill is now law, and it's the greatest intrusion into our private…”

“Mr. Speaker, this rule should be withdrawn. The Senate bill is now law, and it's the greatest intrusion into our private lives that we have seen under this Congress. It's going to hurt our economy, it's going to cost us jobs. Plus, there are special provisions within the bill that's been signed into law that should have been corrected in the reconciliation bill, but this rule fails to address those corrections that need to be taken. The Louisiana purchase is still law today. It should have been corrected. The University of Connecticut hospital that received the earmark should have been corrected by this underlying legislation. The Hawaiian disproportionate share hospital program is exempt from cuts. Other States aren't. Tennessee is also exempt from the DSH. The frontier funding in counties in some rural areas is exempt and other rural areas are not. Montana received special benefits for asbestos, those workers who were exposed to asbestos. What about the other 49 States? Connecticut and Michigan have got a handful of hospitals that are going to get higher Medicare payments because of the legislation, and this rule fails to address it and change the underlying bill so that we can correct these improper measures. So I would request that we withdraw the rule and get a proper bill before us.”