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

But this plan will lead to a massive tax increase. It will eliminate private insurance. And it will accelerate the pending bankruptcy in the already dwindling Medicare Trust Fund.

We, the United States of America, the United States House of Representatives, is making that investment and bringing those things ever closer.

we should look at ways to help our states put together the programs, and let it work on a more local level

I don't know how, with $22 trillion and all the things I just talked about, we can introduce another big-government takeover, essentially, of the health care economy.

There is something working in America's health care system that Americans are living longer because of improved health outcomes.

Today we should be focusing on parts of health insurance--the insurance market that are working for Americans.

Unfortunately, the bill before us today is particularly restrictive and does not provide States with adequate flexibility to use those funds.

It is important to mention that this bill would also provide Hyde protections.

The legislation that my friends on the other side of the dais have put before us today is once again disappointing.

one of the principal failures of the Affordable Care Act was when we allowed Speaker Boehner, Leader Reid, President Obama, to remove Members of Congress from being forced to go into the exchanges.

I would have suggested that we look at language like I have introduced in H.R. 1510.