[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, the vast majority of American workers 
have private health insurance. If you are among those with health 
insurance, do you really know what you have or what you will have in 5 
years? Unfortunately, many people do not understand the limits of their 
insurance until they get sick.
  Without health care reform, insurance companies will continue to deny 
coverage or increase rates because of preexisting conditions. They will 
continue to drop people when they get sick or water down coverage when 
it's needed the most, and they will continue to set caps on the 
coverage in a given year or over a lifetime.
  If you watch your current policy very closely, read the fine print, 
the American people will see that they are paying more and more for 
less and less. For Americans with health insurance, these reforms 
provide stability, affordability, security and peace of mind. Americans 
should not have to wait for reform.
  Congress must get it done this year.

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