[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H45-H46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, I would like to tell you about two of my 
constituents in Louisville who came up over the break and who told me 
why they were against health care reform.
  The first one was a mother. She said she thought our health care 
reform bill was going to hurt too many people. When I asked her why or 
who, she said, Well, like my son. He had a kidney transplant, and I'm 
afraid he won't get

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the care he needs. When I told her that under our bill we could very 
well save his life because he would never get insurance under the 
present situation and that he would never be denied coverage under our 
bill, she had a little bit of a conversion right on the spot.
  A second was a woman who owned a gift shop in Louisville. She said 
she was against health care reform because she is a diabetic. She said, 
I can't wait until 2014 to get the help I need. She wasn't against 
health care reform. She needs it now, and she needs it desperately. 
Under our bill, there will be a high-risk pool so she can immediately 
get coverage that she can't get now.
  The fact is health care reform as proposed by the House Democrats 
will save lives, will save money, will save jobs, and will save 
Medicare. It is time to pass health care reform.

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