[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ENACT HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, last November the American voters 
demanded change, and one of the many changes that they demanded was 
health care reform.
  Now Democrats are responding with comprehensive health care reform, 
and we are hoping that our Republican friends will join us as we 
overhaul the broken health care delivery system. Health care reform 
will control spiraling costs. Without reform, the cost of health care 
for the average family of four is projected to rise $1,800 each year, 
and insurance companies will continue to control health care decisions.
  Under our legislation, families with health insurance will see lower 
costs; rate increases for preexisting conditions and gender or 
occupation would be eliminated; out-of-pocket expenses would be capped; 
children will be guaranteed affordable dental, hearing, and vision 
care; preexisting condition denials and insurance companies' lifetime 
payments limits would be eliminated.
  We must answer the call of the American people by enacting health 
care reform. Let's do it for the American people, and let's do it for 
the American economy.

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