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I don't necessarily want my physician making all my decisions.

Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.

Obamacare is bureaucrats getting between you and your doctor, and that's what Americans most dislike about this legislation.

Residents of my district continue to stress to me that they want health care decisions to be made by patients and doctors, not by the government and insurance companies.

Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.

I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.

The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.

Unfortunately, the health care bill commonly referred to as ObamaCare is making it more difficult for employers to provide insurance to their employees. It limits individuals' ability to pick their own doctors and, over time, decreases the quality of care we provide in this country.

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.