Alexandria Town Talk
By Sen. David Vitter and Rep. John Fleming
August 6, 2009

“…What ultimately happens in this health-care debate could permanently grow the size and scope of the federal government and its role in our economy.

Knowing this, and what’s at stake, we’ve joined together to apply pressure to the Washington politicians by requiring members of Congress, senators and their families to join any public health plan that they want to create…

We have both introduced very straightforward legislation that would require members of Congress to lead by example and enroll in the very same government-run health care plan that they create for their constituents…

Currently, members of Congress enjoy the benefit of an exclusive, on-call attending physician as well as VIP access and admission to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Medical Center.

They won’t be quick to give up perks like these, but it is past time that we make the men and women making the laws endure the same consequences as the American public…

We need to lower health care and premium costs for Americans, increase portability and increase competition among insurers.

What we don’t need is to insert government into the system.

Government-run care will only lead to decreased quality of care, more taxes and DMV-style medicine run by bureaucrats.

We deserve health-care reform that leaves a patient’s well being in the hands of a doctor, not a bureaucrat.”

Click Here To Read The Full Article In The Alexandria Town Talk