Last week House Democrats unveiled a formal government takeover of health care bill that will increase taxes, increase premiums, increase spending, and cut Medicare. You can read the text of the legislation by visiting my website www.culberson.house.gov. This bill is the wrong kind of reform and it ignores the millions of Americans who have stood up and said “no” to government run health care.

Fiscal conservatives recognize that our health care system needs a tune up, not a trade in. We have put together a better alternative for health care reform that will cut costs; eliminate the waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare; make insurance portable; allow small businesses to pool together to negotiate coverage; and provide tax credits, not penalties, to businesses that insure their employees.

I believe we need to empower patients, not burden them with government mandates. We need to preserve the doctor-patient relationship, not let government bureaucrats make health care treatment decisions. Most importantly, we need to make high quality coverage affordable for everyone, not pick winners and losers. By taking these steps, I believe we can fix our health care system while strengthening our economy.

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