On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
I come today to the Senate floor as a physician who has practiced medicine in Wyoming for a quarter of a century, taking care of the families of Wyoming, and to do what I have done throughout the past year--provide a doctor's second opinion on this health care law people across the country are now coming to grips with as they finally are realizing what is in the bill or, as the former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, once said: First you have to pass it before you get to find out what is in it. People are finding out what is in it, and people all across the country are not happy. We know what the American people want. I know what the people of Wyoming want in terms of health care. They want the care they need from the doctor they want at a cost they can afford. That was the goal many of us had over a year ago when we started this discussion and debate on the Senate floor. What ultimately got passed-- and many people believe crammed down the throats of the American people--is now a health care law where people are at risk of losing what they want and what they have. The promises made by the President are such that they have turned to be, in many ways, unfulfilled. The President said this would actually drive down the cost of care--the health care law--that insurance rates would go down $2,500 per family. What people have seen all across the country is the cost of their health care insurance rates going up instead of down.
