dr. burgess, i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from georgia, dr. gingrey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. gingrey: with my slow drawl, i don't think i can refute everything the gentleman had to say in 30 seconds. people with pre-existing conditions, if you believe those statistics, i can sell you in pennsylvania. this business about $230 billion savings, we've already discussed that. they use 10 years of revenue and six years of charges. it's smoke and mir ross. finally on the issue of the doughnut hole, the drug companies have solved that problem. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for duominutes. mr. burgess: it is important that we have this vote today and that we vote to repeal this legislation. i was supportive of reforming the health care system but the law that was pass passed does not do what was necessary to be done. we heard if our constituents over and over again in the s

dr. burgess is with us here. doug holtz-eakin tells me that there are 20 doctors in the house of representatives with a margin 80 new mbers and the house, 20 or doctors. ted and i hope we will hear from all of you in the debate that starts later today. >> it tells you how hostile the medical profession has become at we seek refuge in congress. [laughter] >> we are glad to see you there. >> there no requirements for reserves, class is that only have to pay $5 increments while others have to pay to under $40. can you talk of the sustainability of a program like that chris mark >> the class act is a new long-term care insurance program whose basic structure on paper is, pay premiums in what you were, it looks like a payroll tax, and once you're in for five years, you're eligible for benefits. we've seen the structure before for social security, medicare, and they are in deep trouble, given the way that they are structured. just to quote someone who would know a lot about this, kent conrad called upon the scheme. i t

dr. burgess' of texas, his support. we passed a permanent fix, the doctors fix but because we could not get any real republican support, we had to continue to rely on short-term fixes. we did, however, as you know, at the end of the last session, pass a one-year fix which is in effect now. i do think this is a commendable response that mr. matheson has and i certainly intend to support it, but the difficulty is, that the many years when the republicans were in the majority, they had the opportunity to pass a permanent fix and to deal with this issue and they always kicked the can down the road and did not cooperate with us on a bipartisan basis when we were in the majority to try to achieve a permanent fix. i certainly intend to work with the republicans to do that, but they are the reason we don't have it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california. i was mistakenly under the impression that the gentleman had exhausted his five minutes. i'd like to reclaim t

dr. burgess is here with us today. there are 20 physicians in the house of representatives. is that right? >> 20 our doctors. >> i hope to hear from all of you in the debate that starts later today. [unintelligible] >> we are glad to see you there. [laughter] >> you mentioned a couple of new entitlements. one is the requirements for reserves. there are two classis that only had to spend $5 for premiums. you talk about sustainability of the program. >> it is a new long-term care insurance program whose basic structure on paper is take premiums in what you were. it is like a payroll tax. we have seen this kind of structure before -- social security, medicare. they are in deep trouble given the way they are structured. just to quote someone who would know a lot about this, it was called a ponzi scheme. the with the program is set up, it will have an abnormal amount of adverse selection. some people will have well above average costs. the premiums will come nowhere close to paying those full cost. the private sector will get into a death-spiral. will just be shoveling more reven

dr. burgess' of texas, his support. we passed a permanent fix, the doctors fix but because we could not get any real republican support, we had to continue to rely on short-term fixes. we did, however, as you know, at the end of the last session, pass a one-year fix which is in effect now. i do think this is a commendable response that mr. matheson has and i certainly intend to support it, but the difficulty is, that the many years when the republicans were in the majority, they had the opportunity to pass a permanent fix and to deal with this issue and they always kicked the can down the road and did not cooperate with us on a bipartisan basis when we were in the majority to try to achieve a permanent fix. i certainly intend to work with the republicans to do that, but they are the reason we don't have it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california. i was mistakenly under the impression that the gentleman had exhausted his five minutes. i'd like to reclaim t

dr. burgess' of texas, his support. we passed a permanent fix, the doctors fix but because we could not get any real republican support, we had to continue to rely on short-term fixes. we did, however, as you knowat the end of the last session, pass a one-year fix which is in effect now. i do think this is a commendable response that mr. matheson has and i certainly intend to support it, but the difficulty is, that the many years when the republicans were in the majority, they had the opportunity to pass a permanent fix and to deal with this issue and they always kicked the can do the road and did not cooperate with us on a bipartisan basis when we were in the majority to try to achieve a permanent fix. i certainly intend to work with the republicans to do that, but they are the reason we don't have it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california. i was mistakenly under the impression that the gentleman had exhausted his five minutes. i'd like to reclaim the r

dr. burgess is with us here. doug holtz-eakin tells me that there are 20 doctors in the house of representatives with a margin 80 new members and the house, 20 or doctors. ted and i hope we will hear from all of you in the debate that starts later today. >> it tells you how hostile the medical profession has become that we seek refuge in congress. [laughter] >> we are glad to see you there. >> there no requirements for reserves, class is that only have to pay $5 increments while others have to pay to under $40. can you talk of the sustainability of a program like that chris mark >> the class act is a new long-term care insurance program whose basic structure on paper is, pay premiums in what you were, it looks like a payroll tax, and once you're in for five years, you're eligible for benefits. we've seen the structure before for social security, medicare, and they are in deep trouble, given the way that they are structured. just to quote someone who would know a lot about this, kent conrad called upon the scheme.

dr. burgess. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i stand today in support of the resolution. i stand today in support of the victims of the devastating events of last saturday and i stand today in honor of one of our own congresswoman giffords. she was the youngest woman elected to the arizona state senate and continues to serve her constituents with enthusiasm and distinction in this spirit, she participated in her "congress on your corner" event in tucson, arizona. this event characterizes her approach to her constituents. she recognizes the importance of remaining open to the people. retail representation, absolutely necessary in order to fully grasp the extent of the needs and views of those she served. congresswoman giffords is a public servant, understanding she works for the people, first, last and always. congresswoman giffords was doing the work of the american people when her life was threatend and after she recovers, i have no doubt she will return with that same energy and det

dr. burgess' of texas, his support.ssed a permanent fix, the doctors fix but because we could not get any real republican support, we had to continue to rely on short-term fixes. we did, however, as you know, at the end of the last session, pass a one-year fix which is in effect now. i do think this is a commendable response that mr. matheson has and i certainly intend to support it, but the difficulty is, that the many years when the republicans were in the majority, they had the opportunity to pass a permanent fix and to deal with this issue and they always kicked the can down the road and did not cooperate with us on a bipartisan basis when we were in the majority to try to achieve a permanent fix. i certainly intend to work with the republicans to do that, but they are the reason we don't have it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california. i was mistakenly under the impression that the gentleman had exhausted his five minutes. i'd like to reclaim the rem

dr. burgess is here with us today. and douglas holtz-eakin tells me are 20 physicians in the house of representatives. >> 80 new members in the house, 20 are doctors. >> 20 are doctors. i hopefully will hear from all of you in the debate that starts later today. [inaudible comment] >> how hot -- hostile the medical practice has become. [laughter] >> the problems are solvable. >> we're glad to see you there. yes, sir? >> doug, you mention a couple new entitlements, one of which is the class act. how there's no requirements for reserves, they have two protected classes that only have to $5 in premiums, while others have to pay $240 to make that up. can you talk about the sustainability of a program like that? >> so the class act is a new long-term care insurance program who's basic structure on paper is pay premiums in while you work. once you pay for five years, you are eligible for benefits. we've seen the kind of structure before, social security, medicare, they are in deep trouble given the way they are structured. a