Health Care

Floor Speech

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Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I come to the floor today to discuss the issue of health care.

For 28 years, I was committed to delivering quality health care services as a health care professional. I came to Congress with the commitment of strengthening the quality, accessibility, and affordability of our health care system, which is already one of the best in the world.

Madam Speaker, the Democratic Party is intent on rushing a health care plan through Congress that expands government control and that will ultimately decrease access and quality.

While we consume the attention of Congress on this big government proposal, we have ignored critical workforce health care issues. As the baby boomer generation retires, it will be increasingly difficult to find qualified health care providers to deliver services needed.

The debate on health care reform must focus on priority issues that truly impact services. A larger government health care bureaucracy is a cause, not a cure, to the problems of access, quality and affordability. Real health care issues, like health care workforce, is where our efforts should be focused.

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