On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I thank the gentleman from Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, repealing ObamaCare is an imperative for four reasons. First, while it increases the numbers under coverage, it will ultimately sharply reduce access to care. Like Canada and Britain, socialized medicine will mean carrying an insurance card that will entitle you only to less choice, longer waits, and rationing. Second, while the health care system is now hard to navigate, under ObamaCare it will be a nightmare. With over 150 new mandates and agencies controlled by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats and IRS agents, to whom will we turn when the system fails us? Third, as yet another entitlement program financed through a Disney fantasy of accounting, it will add to the current entitlement fiasco in Washington, exploding the budget for many generations to come. And finally, with higher taxes and more constrictions on businesses, employed Americans will continue to decline or become an endangered species altogether. Let's repeal the worst legislation in a generation, ObamaCare.
