Two U.S. House representatives from Texas, Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson and Republican Pete Sessions, held a debate on health care yesterday in Dallas. The Morning News reports that it is believed to be the only such debate held during the August recess:

At the outset, both Sessions and Johnson explained their passion for improving health care. Sessions has a son with Down syndrome and said he knows the challenge of navigating through the health care system. Johnson is a registered nurse with 15 years’ experience at patients’ bedsides.
Republicans do not have a health care overhaul bill to address rising health care costs or the uninsured. Instead, Sessions outlined a list of principles to improve the health care system.
Among his ideas, Sessions said he wants individuals and small businesses to be able to purchase insurance with pre-tax dollars like large corporations; he wants a law to reduce costly medical malpractice lawsuits; and he wants to require insurance for pre-existing conditions and management of chronic disease.
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In one of few heated exchanges, Sessions reiterated the need to change the tax policy to encourage more people to purchase individual health policies.
“The free market works, and works well,” Sessions said. “We just don’t have enough people in it.”
“How will it be done?” Johnson asked, looking at him directly.
“I already told you, Eddie. We need to give everyone the same opportunities that corporations have,” Sessions said.