Louie Gohmert: “If you look at page 1,957, along the same lines of what kind of deals that are in this bill, this has to do with health…”

“If you look at page 1,957, along the same lines of what kind of deals that are in this bill, this has to do with health savings accounts. We know that there are millions and millions of dollars in health savings accounts that only can be used for health care. Well, I know I have an HSA, and if I can get an over-the-counter drug, a generic drug, that is what I buy. Well, good deal for the pharmaceutical industry here beginning at page 1,957, because it says that such terms shall include an amount paid for medicine or drug only if such medicine or drug is a prescribed drug. So you may want--like in my case, I have hay fever. I've had since it since I was a little kid. I go and get a generic for like $2.50. And now if I want to spend my HSA on it, I can't go spend $2.50. I've got to go pay megabucks to the pharmaceutical companies in order to get a prescription drug. Wow, maybe that is part of the deal that made them think, You know what? You know Joe Six-Pack, as my friend from Arizona says, may not get anything out of it, but by golly, we're going to make a lot of money on this bill.”