Americans Need to Say "Yes" to Republican Health Care Alternative

AMERICANS NEED TO SAY ``YES'' TO REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVE -- (House of Representatives - July 24, 2009)

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Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, this morning on ``Fox and Friends,'' one of my favorite golfists, Phil Mickelson, was there talking about his wife, Amy, and his mother, Mary, having breast cancer. He made an astonishing statement. He said that the treatment of breast cancer today is better than it was 5 years ago, better than 10 years ago, and he's absolutely right. Mr. Mickelson's hope in the cure for his mother and his wife's breast cancer, this devastating illness, is very high.

But, Mr. Speaker, the American people need to understand if we pass the Democratic health care reform bill that they are proposing, innovation in health care is going to quit or go down and be very little. The quality of care is going to go down. As a physician, I can tell the American people that the quality of your care will be worse a few years from now because of the Democratic Party's health reform plan.

The American people need to stand up, Mr. Speaker, and say ``no'' to this and say ``yes'' to some of the alternatives that Republicans are presenting. We have a plan, but it will not be heard unless the American people demand it.

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