Richard K. Armey: “in 1992 the House Republicans, working with President Bush, put together an excellent health care bill designed to…”

“in 1992 the House Republicans, working with President Bush, put together an excellent health care bill designed to address the questions of portability and affordability for the American people. That bill was not allowed on the floor in 1992 by the then majority Democrat leadership. As Members know, we have struggled with this question of health care for some time. We have passed through the House a bill that ensures affordability, ensures portability, and offers to 40 million Americans the health care savings account. The people who would take advantage of these are the self-employed and employees of small business, people who would have an opportunity to buy the most rational insurance possible for themselves by their own choosing, get a tax credit for putting money in a savings account with which to deal with the deductible and incidental medical expenses, and an ability to do something for themselves on their own health care. That bill is under consideration in the other body and is stopped by one Senator and one Senator alone, from Massachusetts, who apparently does not like freedom and would only have the Americans do what they please if it is mandated.”