Michael Burgess

This is a recipe for waiting lines. This is a recipe for rationing care.

Where are the CBO coverage figures on the expansion of employer-sponsored health plans because more people are working now than there were before the President took the oath?

I do not believe that the Government should hinder a doctor's ability to act in the best interest of his or her patient.

Unfortunately, House Democrats repeatedly blocked our creative solutions--solutions like improving 1332 waivers to better meet States' unique needs.

We are here for the second time in as many weeks casting the blame of Obamacare's failures on the current President.

I thank you for the recognition, and today we have been convened once again to discuss issues that will not improve the affordability of health insurance for Americans.

The difficulty was because of the numbers of people and unaccompanied children that were coming across the border.

The title of this hearing is 'Examining the Failures of the Trump Administration's Inhumane Family Separation Policy.'

I encourage this administration to make the inroads and outreach to that new administration in El Salvador.

While Democrats seek to place blame for the 'zero-tolerance' of immigration law violations, all Energy and Commerce Republicans signed a letter supporting enforcement of our Nation's borders AND keeping families together.

This subcommittee has a history of oversight that has benefitted the people who are in the custody of ORR.

The United States accepts over 1.1 million people per year into the country on a legal basis.

We are investing and innovating so quickly, this committee spent an awful lot of time over the last couple of years to put 21st Century Cures in place.

Seniors need to fully understand how this plan does away with the Medicare Trust Fund that they have paid into their entire lives.

I think it is important for the American people to fully understand what this huge, new, Government intervention into healthcare means for consumers.

If we go to a Government-run, that we just lose that healthcare. We innovate, and the world... is living off our investment in innovation.

The American people need to fully understand how Medicare for All is not Medicare at all, but actually just Government-run, single-payer healthcare.

The latest 'solution' from the Democratic Party is a Government takeover of healthcare, called Medicare for All.

When the Affordable Care Act passed, Democrats promised people their insurance premiums would go down $2500.

I certainly look forward to hearing the testimony of our witnesses.

I actually rejected the special deal that Members of Congress got several years ago when we were required to take insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

Instead of building upon the success of our existing health insurance framework, radical single-payer, Government-run Medicare would tear it down.

Seventy-one percent of Americans are satisfied with employer-sponsored health insurance, which provides robust protections for individuals with preexisting conditions.

Do I agree with the policy or think it would be a good idea for the American people to have Medicare for All or one-size-fits-all health plans? No, I do not, and I would gladly engage in a meaningful dialogue about what such a policy would…

Single-payer healthcare would be another failed attempt at a one-size-fits-all approach.