Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2.

A few months ago, I visited with a small business owner in Oklahoma who has five employees but whose health care costs for 2011 will go up by 50 percent. When he asked about that, the reason he was given was: the cost of implementing the new health care law. Another business owner told me he would not hire new employees until he could figure out what the cost of health care is going to be, so he will just stop hiring.

While some in this Chamber talk about universal coverage and cost controls, many people in my district are frustrated with this so-called ``solution.'' Every person should control his own health care option and opportunities. Every young student should have the motivation to go into medical research and the practice of medicine. As our population ages, every doctor should have greater incentives to take on Medicare patients.

We need to deal with the root causes of health care costs and not just move the costs to the States and put in price controls on doctors and hospitals. Shared pain is not what America was looking for. America was looking for solutions. The new health care law will create long-term budget issues in the days to come. From a budget perspective, you can cook the numbers all you want, but this bill will dramatically increase our Federal debt again.

We need answers, not bigger problems. This is the United States of America. I believe we can do better than this. It is time to repeal this law and start the hard work of solving the cost issues of health care delivery.

With that, sir, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2.

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