On the recordJuly 13, 2010
I think what this gentleman represents in terms of his view is completely contradictory to what the majority of my constituents and I am sure the majority of the constituents of the Senator from Wyoming would say with regard to how you ought to approach issues. The American individual, the American consumer is in a much better position to make decisions about their own health care than some government bureaucracy here in Washington, DC. Essentially what Mr. Berwick has concluded over time--and he has had a long career analyzing and studying many of these issues--is that a government-run system where some government bureaucrat is in a position of making these decisions that are important to an individual--in this case, his health care or her health care--that is clearly a model he endorses and supports. It is very contradictory, I would say, to what I think is the view of a majority of Americans.
