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




                    HEALTH CARE REFORM MUST BE DONE

  (Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, health care reform is an 
imperative. We must get it done now. People want to know and deserve to 
know what's in it for them.
  If you are a senior, it means continued quality medical care and 
lower prescription drugs. If you are a small business, it means you can 
afford health care for your family, for yourself, for your employees, 
and you will get help doing it.
  If you have a preexisting condition, diabetes, a heart condition, 
multiple sclerosis, even acne, you won't be excluded from getting 
quality affordable health care. If you are a young person no longer on 
your parents' insurance, it means you can choose insurance you can 
afford. If, like millions of Americans, most Americans, you already 
have insurance, you like it, you keep it and you won't see skyrocketing 
premiums, deductibles and copays.
  For all Americans, it means lower cost, quality care, affordable care 
and choice. You can take your insurance with you when you change jobs. 
You won't go broke because of limits on yearly health care expenses. It 
means no copayments for routine preventive care like colonoscopies and 
mammograms.
  You choose your doctor, you choose to change, you choose to stay the 
same. Choose a public plan, choose a private plan. It's time for 
Congress to get this done.

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