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House Democrat’s Health Care Reform Bill Is a 1,018-Page Nightmare
Goodman: Bill Contains All the Bad Ideas from Previous Versions

DALLAS, TX (July 15, 2009) – The Democrats’ health care reform bill under consideration in the
House of Representatives creates a new government-run health plan that will undercut the private
market and force as many as 119 million people to lose their private health insurance and be forced into
a Medicare-like plan, according to National Center for Policy Analysis President John C. Goodman.

“Americans who desperately need health care relief won’t get it in this bill,” said Goodman.” This
legislation is going to create a financial and medical nightmare for Americans. Of course, members of
Congress will be able to hold on to their Cadillac health care plans because this reform won’t apply to
them,” he added.

The bill, which could reach the floor as early as next week, requires employers to pay the
government for health reform – either by purchasing government-approved insurance for their
employees, or (more likely) by paying a tax and sending their employees over to the government-run
Medicare-like plan.

“This bill has ALL the bad ideas from previous versions, plus a cost of one trillion dollars, and NO
long-term solutions that will control costs or improve quality,” added Goodman. “This bill contains
1,018 pages of new regulations that will REQUIRE you to buy as much health insurance as the
government mandates, even before you buy groceries, gas, or pay your rent. If you don’t buy
government-approved insurance, you will be taxed.”

http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/71509NewHCBill.pdf

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research
organization established to develop alternatives to government regulation by relying on the private
sector.