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Michael Burgess

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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American politician and physician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Burgess has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative work. He has been involved in various committees and has advocated for issues such as medical research and veterans' healthcare. Burgess has also been a vocal supporter of conservative fiscal policies and has participated in discussions surrounding healthcare reform.

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Mar 16, 2010

That's correct. Thirty-four States do have the high-risk pools. Nathan Deal, the ranking member on our Health Subcommittee, and I tried to put some further refinements out there this year during the health care debate. I don't like…

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Mar 16, 2010

Not, not fixing in this bill, that that will continue to exist. There are sites you can go to. You can go to Google and type in ``health savings account'' and get a variety of plans that will come up. And I encourage people who are looking…

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Mar 16, 2010

Yes. And the power of the Internet could apply to health insurance as well. But, as you know, there is some difficulty selling in the individual market across State lines, and therein is where the regulatory part of what we--the regulatory…

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Mar 16, 2010

Well, of course, the life insurance business, the premiums for life insurance plummeted with the introduction of the Internet with these companies that would advertise and then sell their policies on the Internet.

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Mar 16, 2010

Great point. And another point that is so often missed in this discussion, let's take the example of the National Football League. You've got the Arizona Cardinals; I've got the Dallas Cowboys. A player who is lucky enough to be traded…

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Mar 16, 2010

Well, we don't know because the White House refuses to provide us with any information, even though they've been asked nicely. They were asked more forcefully with the resolution of inquiry in our committee. Chairman Waxman and Ranking…

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Mar 16, 2010

Not entirely. And what they found was, since you have to buy the insurance, the cost may have gone up a little bit.

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Mar 16, 2010

I thank the Speaker for the recognition. Well, here we are, Tuesday night, Washington, D.C., 20 minutes until eight o'clock in the evening. What a day we have had here in the Capitol. Mr. Speaker, many of your constituents and my…

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Mar 16, 2010

That's my understanding from the reports that have been done by Heritage and other groups. But interestingly, if Massachusetts wants to enact a mandate, they are a State. And if their residents say, Okay, we are happy with you, Governor…

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Mar 16, 2010

If the gentleman will recall in May and June of this year, six groups met down at the White House. It was a great photo-op. My AMA was there. The Hospital Association was there; PhRMA showed up; AdvaMed, the people who make medical…

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Mar 16, 2010

That's my understanding. It is such a good idea, as you correctly pointed out in your very graphic demonstration. The strong arm of enforcement here is the already existing Federal agency that collects our income taxes every year.

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Feb 25, 2010

I thank the ranking member for yielding. This is a very unfortunate bill, and I think this side of the aisle has sufficiently laid out abundant reasons why it should be sent to the committee and fixed. The intelligence community is too…

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