[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, the clock is ticking. Too many American 
families still don't have access to health care. We are at the goal 
line and we need to take the ball across the line on behalf of the 
American people. A step-by-step approach is not the answer, especially 
when families in my district face 14 percent unemployment and many are 
without health coverage.
  In my home State of California, Anthem Blue Cross raised our premiums 
up to 39 percent. This must stop.
  We must pass health care reform that ends discrimination based on 
preexisting conditions; that makes health insurance affordable; that 
creates greater accountability on health insurance companies; that cuts 
the deficit by $100 billion over the next 10 years; that allows doctors 
and patients, not insurance companies, to make important health care 
decisions; that does not break the bank for small businesses.
  I urge my colleagues to stop partisan politics and deliver health 
care reform. We need it now and for generations to come.

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