Enzi: Reform Can Happen Without Mega-Bureaucracy, Mega-Spending

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed a health care bill over the weekend that U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., said would actually increase the cost of health care for most people in Wyoming and the nation while adding "one of the largest bureaucracies money can buy."

"People in Wyoming know that if something costs a trillion dollars then it´s not free. No amount of smoke and mirrors is going to hide that," said Enzi. "One of the most astonishing things about this plan is that it won´t lower health care costs. If this bill passes, people across the country will be asking themselves next year, ´Why am I paying so much more for health care that isn´t any better than what I already had?´"

Enzi said a trillion dollars buys a lot of bureaucracy and the House majority spared no expense with their health care bill. The Joint Economic Committee House Republican Staff and the House Republican Conference put together a chart showing how the House health care plans have grown increasingly cumbersome.

"Health care reform can happen without costing taxpayers a trillion dollars and adding a mega-bureaucracy. It´s still not too late for the Senate to make meaningful, common sense changes that benefit regular folks," said Enzi.