[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 87 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H4335-H4336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. MURPHY of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today we see the first benefits 
from the new health care reform law that was passed earlier by this 
Congress and signed into law by the President.
  Eighty thousand seniors across America will be receiving checks that 
are being sent out, starting today, for

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$250 to help pay the costs of their prescription drug coverage while 
they are in the doughnut hole. Other seniors that reach the doughnut 
hole through the rest of this year will also receive $250 checks to 
help them afford the prescription drugs they need to live their lives 
safely and happily.
  Over the next 10 years, this health care reform will eliminate the 
doughnut hole completely for our seniors. That's a step in the right 
direction, providing security and safety in the health care that our 
seniors need.
  Amazingly, though, some on the other side of the aisle are continuing 
to call, not to change the health care reform bill but to repeal it 
entirely, to cut up the checks, take them away from our seniors and 
stop the help that they need to pay for their prescription drugs.
  We will always be working to make our health care system better, but 
repealing this positive step forward makes no sense to me.

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