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On the recordApril 27, 2010
On March 20, the majority in this body passed a bill that the American public knew was going to cost too much and not really effectively address the problems with health care; but despite claims made to the contrary, this body did pass the bill. Just recently, the President's own administration said that the massive government takeover of our health care system will actually increase health care costs, not decrease them. And yet while costs increase, this administration admits that the health care takeover will still leave 23 million people, Americans, without insurance. The best way to increase the number of insured Americans is to decrease health care costs, something this bill did not do. The President's own administration says the Democratic health care takeover does just the opposite, increases costs and doesn't cover every American. This is not what the people want.
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Al Schmidt
Pennsylvania
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govinfo.gov
Apr 27, 2010

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The speaker criticizes a health care bill passed by the majority, highlighting its cost and coverage issues.

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