Republicans Assail 'Freight Train of More Mandates' In House Health Bill - Kaiser Health News

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Republicans criticized the House health overhaul bill, released by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for its size, scope and cost.

ABC News reports: "Republicans, as expected, assailed the Pelosi bill, saying its 1,990 pages don't reflect any change. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, billed it as a 'government takeover of the health care system.' The Democrats' legislation has 'over 50 new mandates, bureaucracies, tax hikes, commissions -- All of this is going to require tens of thousands of new federal employees, which is fairly designed for a government takeover of our health care system,' Boehner, with a printout of the entire bill in front of him, told reporters. 'How are we going to fix out health care system with 1,990 pages of bureaucracy?'" (Khan and Karl, 10/29).

The National Review Online reports that Boehner said that "the House bill is no different than the Senate's in terms of it's expansiveness.
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