On the recordMarch 21, 2012
when we look at it, even the administration admits that wasn't true. Small businesses--people who get their insurance in small businesses--will have a difficult time continuing to provide coverage for people because of the mandates that say they have to provide Washington-approved insurance. That is the problem: that people have what they like, and it may be something they want, need, and can afford. Now they are being mandated to have something they may not want, need, or be able to afford. So, again, we have another broken promise, which is why Senator Coburn, who practiced medicine for a quarter century, as I did, and I have come out with a report, released yesterday called, ``Warning, Side Effects, a Checkup on the Federal Health Law: Fewer Choices.'' That means people cannot choose to keep what they have. There are fewer choices, higher taxes, more government, and less innovation. None of that is what the American people have been promised by the President. Mr. McCAIN. In addition, I ask the Senator how many new regulations have been issued, and how many new regulations do we anticipate as a result of this exercise?
