Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the reintroduction of H.R. 766, the Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act, named in honor of my fellow Texan, friend, and champion for patients, Dr. Burgess.

This bipartisan, bicameral, lifesaving legislation would direct the CBO to more accurately reflect the long-term cost-saving potential of preventive healthcare initiatives.

Congress should recognize the impact that preventive healthcare can have on an individual's life, as well as the long-term cost-saving potential.

Current restrictions prevent the CBO from fully examining the accurate economic impacts of preventive measures when they evaluate health legislation, but H.R. 766 goes beyond the normal 10-year window to allow Congress to better evaluate the potential for budgetary savings of preventive healthcare legislation and to ensure that it is done with the best interest of the American taxpayers in mind.

If we are going to tackle the growing cost of medical care for individuals and find legislative solutions to mandatory healthcare parameters that account for at least one-third of the Federal budget, then we must seek transparency first.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 766.

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