[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 164 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HEALTH CARE REFORM IS GOOD FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, this weekend this House will be the scene 
of a debate on the most important bill that has faced this Congress and 
this country since 1965, and that is health care, putting out country 
on a path where it should have been in the 20th century but catching 
up. The AARP has recently endorsed the bill because they know that it 
helps senior citizens. It will guarantee that the rates don't go up and 
the doughnut hole will be closed.
  My local alternative paper, the Memphis Flyer, had a feature story, 
Young People and Health Insurance. Most young people don't have health 
insurance. They think they're invincible, they don't necessarily have 
jobs, and they can't stay on their parents' policy. When this bill 
passes, Madam Speaker, young people will be able to stay on their 
parents' health insurance policies until they're 27, filling a great 
void. Most parents don't like the idea of their children not having 
health insurance.
  This will help the young and the old. It will help all of America. It 
is, indeed, America's bill. I will proudly vote for it.

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