Todd Tiahrt: “And what is interesting is that when we have put this legislation together to codify the very example that I gave you…”

“And what is interesting is that when we have put this legislation together to codify the very example that I gave you before, Republicans are for that, the Democrats are against it. And here we see this, once again this contrast, and it goes through all eight barriers that have been created by Congress over the last generation. Most of these barriers, in fact probably 99 percent of them, were created under a Democrat Congress and we are still trying to undo the mess that has been done. And, more recently, we are trying to make health care less expensive in America. We are trying to do it by innovative practices, by bringing market forces to bear on things like prescription drug and insurance sales. And one good example is associated health plans, where we would allow Americans in associations like your real estate agent or your insurance agents or farm bureau members, where they could join as an association to purchase health care. But the Democrats have opposed those innovative ideas because they want a single-payer plan. They want universal health care. They want socialized medicine. Now, we have seen a lot of socialized medicine. We have seen it in the United Kingdom, we have seen it all through Europe, we have seen it in Cuba, we have seen it in Canada. In fact, if you look at our northern border, look at the hospitals in Seattle, Detroit, Buffalo, they are filled with Canadians who are unable to get health care in Canada.…”