[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16293]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      DEMOCRATIC HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. The Democratic Party has a new and better idea about 
health care. The Democratic Party, under the leadership of Barack 
Obama, is going to give Americans and American businesses what they've 
been asking for--begging for--relief from the problems in our health 
care system.
  For the first time, people who are considered uninsurable will not 
have to worry about how they're going to get the money to go to the 
doctor to take care of their child. They will be insured. Everybody in 
this country will be insured. There will be the insurance companies, 
but there will also be a public option so people who can't find health 
insurance who do not have jobs will be able to be insured.
  I find it interesting that the opposing party talks about no 
competition and no choice. I have seen too many constituents who have 
no choice; they can't go to the doctor, they can't get surgery because 
they don't have health insurance. And I have also seen the so-called 
``competition'' refuse to insure some of my constituents because of 
preexisting health conditions. So what we have now is the ability to 
keep your insurance. If Americans want to keep their insurance, they 
should, but if they don't, or they can't, then they finally have a 
public option.
  I urge my colleagues to vote for this health insurance plan.

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