Aderholt Opposes New Speaker Pelosi Health Care Plan

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ADERHOLT OPPOSES NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN PROPOSED BY SPEAKER PELOSI AND DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) today issued the following statement on this week's introduction of new health care legislation announced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“My position has not changed. There is no question that we need to address the health care problems that we are currently dealing with in this country. However, the government takeover of health care that Speaker Nancy Pelosi reintroduced this week still adds up to way too much bureaucracy, numerous unfair mandates and more government control in an area where more government just doesn’t belong.”

“In addition, this nearly $1 trillion public-option health care plan does not address issues with abortion & illegal immigration. The biggest noticeable change to Speaker Pelosi’s massive bill (H.R. 3962) is that it is 1,990 pages, compared to the original version (H.R. 3200) which was 1,017 pages.”

“I still maintain that a responsible health care reform plan is one that would fix what’s broken in health care without breaking what’s working!”

“With that said, I would wholeheartedly support a responsible plan that makes coverage more affordable, accessible and responsive which would include allowing the creation of small business association health plans, while also covering those with pre-existing conditions and scaling back the practice of defensive medicine through tort reform, just to name a few. That’s why I co-sponsored an alternative bill, the Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 3400).”

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