On the recordMarch 28, 1996
Mr. Speaker, this Congress has a historic opportunity to pass limited, but meaningful health insurance reform. Just an hour from now, however, we'll begin to debate a bill specifically constructed by the Republican leadership to sabotage any meaningful reform this Congress. Rather than supporting the bipartisan Kennedy-Kassebaum-Roukema bill, the G.O.P. House leaders insist on pushing their own bill which contains controversial provisions like medical savings accounts. And why medical savings accounts? Just follow the money. The Golden Rule Insurance Co. has given more than $1.4 million to the G.O.P. and, coincidentally, Golden Rule just happens to be the premier company peddling medical savings accounts. Mr. Speaker, the old saying is true: He who has the gold, rules. And while the American people want serious health insurance reform, all they are getting from the G.O.P. is cash-and-carry government.
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