Political Quotes

On the recordJune 9, 2010
Mr. Speaker, a recent report has shown that enrollment in high-deductible health plans associated with health savings accounts grew by 25 percent in 2009 to a total of 10 million Americans. These plans, which often provide the lowest-priced health insurance, are targeted in the newly enacted health care bill. ObamaCare will increase taxes on HSAs from 10 percent to 20 percent and will prevent over-the-counter drugs from being reimbursed tax free from the health savings accounts. Millions of Americans rely on HSAs to cover deductibles, insurance copays, over-the-counter medications, and a plethora of other medical expenses. Furthermore, HSAs are an excellent tool to cut health care costs, while ObamaCare, itself, provides no such tools. If you truly support health care affordability, I ask you to support my legislation, H.R. 5126, which restores the valuable tool that saves costs. ____________________
Said by
John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana

Share & report

More from John Fleming

May 18, 2016

Mr. Chairman, my amendment would prohibit funds from being used to modify a military installation for the purpose of housing unaccompanied alien children. Our military installations are for training and equipping soldiers to fight our…

Congressional Record · 2016-05-18
Feb 23, 2016

Will a 3-inch fish continue to be more important than people?

congress.gov
Apr 12, 2016

I would suggest to you that this is a framework of a bankruptcy, whatever you want to call it, and it will ultimately require a bailout.

congress.gov
May 18, 2016

Mr. Chair, I thank my friends and colleagues for their comments and statements, but I simply have to disagree. Again, this is about military readiness, which we are at a low, low point. We are getting all sorts of reports. We are having…

Congressional Record · 2016-05-18

Other voices in this conversation