Higher health care costs, taxes NOT the change Americans want
November 3, 2009
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Washington, D.C. – In remarks on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., called for a health reform bill that will reduce costs and make health insurance more affordable for all Americans instead of pushing costly new “change” in the form of higher taxes and even higher costs.
“Congress should pass a bill that decreases the cost of health care and reduces insurance premiums,” Enzi said. “I wonder if there is anybody in America that believes that you can expand programs by a trillion dollars and it won’t cost a dime for the rest of us.”
“Unfortunately, the bills Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid, and President Obama are pushing through Congress will do nothing to address spiraling health care costs and will actually increase the insurance premiums most Americans pay for their health care.
“The 2,000 page Pelosi bill and the 1,500 page Senate Finance bill will drive up costs, increase taxes, and expand the size of government.
“Our economy can’t take the higher taxes, higher unemployment, and higher mandates these bills impose. Taken together, the new taxes, mandates and regulations in these bills will cumulatively increase health insurance premiums for millions of Americans who currently have health insurance.
“These higher taxes, higher premiums, and higher costs are not the “change” the American people voted for.”
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