Congressman Paul Broun, MD: Government Intrusion Increases Health Care Cost [1~2]

(October 21, 2009) U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Paul Broun [R-GA], MD, explains how Government screws up pretty much everything, including rising Health Care costs.

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The $12, five minutes test, that now costs $75 and takes three hours thanks to Washington eggheads, Government parasites and other bureaucratic species.

Paul Broun [R-GA]: "I will give you a good example, Mr. Speaker. When I was practicing in rural south Georgia, I had a small automated lab with quality control to make sure that the results I got from my lab were accurate, because I wanted to give good quality care to my patients.

Well, Congress passed a bill called CLIA, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, which outlawed mine as well as every doctor's lab in the country. Prior to CLIA, if a patient came in to see me with a fever, red sore throat, white patches on the throat, coughing, runny nose, headaches, aching all over, I would do a CBC, or a complete blood count, to see if they had a bacterial infection which needs an antibiotic treatment, or a viral infection, which is not helped by antibiotics.

The patient doesn't need to expend the money on those antibiotics and doesn't need the exposure with the possible side effects and the consequences of being on the antibiotics.

I could do that test, CBC, in 5 minutes. It cost 12 bucks. CLIA shut my lab down. I had to send patients over to the hospital across the way. It took 2 to 3 hours and cost $75 for one test. The test goes from 5 minutes, 12 bucks, to 2 to 3 hours, $75, for one test."
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=9048502


Congressman Paul Broun, MD: Government Intrusion Increases Health Care Cost [1~2]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fatiTpbAsU
Congressman Paul Broun, MD: Government Intrusion Increases Health Care Cost [2~2]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY5fy1dYLNw

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[capitalist4life]

I love this guy! He votes with Ron Paul 85% of the time (more than ANY other congressman!)

[rep56]

Liberals lie, that's nothing new. The goal isn't helping anyone except themselves. This is just a great power grab.

[blueschiz]

Funny how that "hidden" bill has been on our senator's website for months. Also funny how he knows so much about the content of this bill he claims he has not been able to see.