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On the recordMarch 31, 2022
Person Speaker, and I say ``Person Speaker'' because I am not a biologist. And out of respect to our Supreme Court nominee, I don't feel qualified to say Madam Speaker. But I do rise in opposition to this bill. The Affordable Insulin Now Act is just more of government controlling your healthcare. Today, Democrats are using insulin as the gateway to their dream of fully socialized medicine where Joe Biden and his accomplices in Congress have more control over your healthcare than you or your doctor. After all, they got to decide whether or not you got a vaccine, and they fired you if you didn't obey. If Democrats succeed in setting the price of insulin at $35, the negative effects will ripple across the entire healthcare market. I invite my Democrat colleagues to read my sophomore economics textbook to confirm what happens when you implement price controls. It is estimated the average annual cost for the private sector of compliance with this mandate is $2 billion. Not that Democrats care about billions of dollars, the way they throw around trillions of dollars. Don't tell them what comes after a trillion. But we all remember the lies of ObamaCare. Please, say it with me. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Come on. This is participatory. If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan. As a matter of fact, costs are going to go down. None of that was true.…
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Bob Good
Republican · Virginia
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Mar 31, 2022

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