[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19556]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HEALTH CARE BILL IS GOOD FOR YOU IF YOU'RE OVER 65

  (Mr. GRAYSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAYSON. Think about what this health care bill will do for you 
if you are over 65 years old, or if you love somebody who is over 65 
years old. If you are over 65, or you love someone who is over 65, a 
mother or father, then take a minute to think about that.
  Here is what it will do for you: First of all, it will dramatically 
reduce--and in most cases eliminate--copayments for you. That's right, 
for you. Because the Democrats understand that a $10 or $20 or $50 
copayment, that is a lot of money for you. And if it keeps you from 
going to the doctor when you need to get help, when you need medical 
care, that's a shame, it shouldn't happen. So this bill takes care of 
that.
  The second thing that the bill does for you is that it eliminates the 
doughnut hole, that's right, the doughnut hole that torments people 
into choosing between paying for their rent or paying for the medicine 
that they need to stay alive. That will no longer be true. The doughnut 
hole is eliminated.
  This bill is good for you if you are 65 or over; it is good for your 
mother or your father if you're not. That matters a lot because the 
Democrats care about you.

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