GOP Worries About Government Takeover of Nation's Health Care System WASHINGTON, DC (Associated Press) - Republicans are using their weekly radio and Internet message to say they agree with President Barack Obama about the need to overhaul health-care.

But congressman Charles Boustany warns against "a government takeover of health care" that he says would raise taxes and limit treatment options. He says that could "put bureaucrats in charge of health-care decisions that should be made by families and doctors."

The Louisiana lawmaker is a cardiovascular surgeon and member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group.

Boustany also says replacing employer-based coverage could have potentially "devastating consequences," including limits on care and higher taxes.
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