On the recordDecember 7, 2010
Yes, indeed, the bottom line, what we are saying here is that we can achieve all of these laudable goals without the complex bureaucracy of ObamaCare. We can expand health care to many more millions of people without creating an individual mandate and an employer mandate. Certainly, there are far more efficient ways, as Congressman Broun points out, that we can provide coverage to people who may have preexisting illnesses, ways that are already in place in many States-- excellent programs. I would like to inject just two more possible solutions to this and then segue again into the dismantling of ObamaCare that you, the other gentleman from Georgia, referred to. No. 1: Health Savings Accounts. HSAs grew by 25 percent in 2009 to a total of 10 million Americans. Americans love health savings accounts. They are working. We implemented it in my own companies back home 6 years ago, and it has totally flattened out our premiums. The problem with it is that ObamaCare begins to tax it as much as 10 to 20 percent.
