[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     AGREE ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, let's all agree about three things when it 
comes to health care reform. The first message has to be we have to fix 
what is broken and improve on what we already have and make certain 
it's at a price we can all afford to pay.
  Secondly, and this is in every piece of legislation moving through 
Congress on health care, we have to guarantee that no citizen anywhere 
in this country shall be discriminated against because of preexisting 
medical conditions.
  Isn't it time to finally establish a transparent medical marketplace 
where all prices for health care service and products are openly 
disclosed to the public at all times on the Internet? Isn't it time 
that every customer, when they go to the doctor or hospital or purchase 
insurance policies, gets to pay the lowest price that's openly 
disclosed and accepted as payment in full from everyone else?
  It's time to have a transparent medical system and make sure that we 
can drive down prices for everyone.

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