Sullivan Statement on President Obama's Health Care Address

Washington, Sep 9 - Tonight, Congressman John Sullivan offered the following statement on President Obama's healthcare address to a joint session of Congress.

"My colleagues and I welcomed President Obama's address tonight because we stand ready to work in a bipartisan way, on behalf of the American people, to reform our nation's healthcare system. Unfortunately, all we heard tonight is more of the same - a terrific salesman selling a terrible product that the American people aren't buying."

"We have all heard this speech before - this is the same plan that mobilized millions of Americans to voice their concerns at townhall meetings across the country. President Obama's proposal is not true healthcare reform, it's a massive, partisan, $1.5 trillion government takeover of our healthcare system that will take personal medical decisions away from families, and place them in the hands of Washington bureaucrats."

"At its core this is a health insurance problem, and the prescription does not require a wholesale abandonment of our health care system in favor of government run health care. It is time we go back to the drawing board and bring all stakeholders to the table- patients, doctors, citizens and hospitals, etc - with equal input and participation. Only through bipartisan cooperation can we get health care insurance reform right. Simply put, we need to reform healthcare, not nationalize it."

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