[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 35 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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          DO HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU?

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, as you know, the people in southern Nevada 
have been hit hard during these tough economic times, caused largely by 
unbridled corporate greed and complicitous government action during the 
8 years of the Bush administration. We have the highest foreclosure 
rate in the country, second highest unemployment rate, and we are one 
of the highest States for rates of uninsured.
  People are struggling every day just to keep body and soul together. 
But do the insurance companies care? No, no, they don't. They continue 
to raise premiums up 39 percent in some States while making record 
profits and handing out obscene bonuses. They finance thousands of 
lobbyists to come to the Hill to argue against meaningful reform, and 
they brag about the millions that they are spending on television and 
radio ads that are filled with lies and distortions aimed at confusing 
and scaring the people, especially seniors.
  So I ask the folks in District Three and beyond: Next time you see or 
hear one of those ads on TV or the radio, ask yourself, are the 
insurance companies concerned more about you or more about protecting 
and growing their bottom line?

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