[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     WE NEED HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, on Monday in my office in Memphis, I had 
citizens come visit me. Two parents had children with spina bifida. 
They explained the love they had for their child, but the expenses it 
is causing them because our system of Medicaid is not sufficient in 
Tennessee to really give them the benefits they need, and how much it 
costs them.
  Another person came to my office to tell me that I had saved her 
life. Well, I hadn't saved her life, but she would have been cut off of 
TennCare, our Medicaid system. And but for 10 days when we got them 
back on, she wouldn't have got the transplant that did save her life.
  Do we need health care in America? I think those stories and stories 
like them say we do. I was gratified last night doing a teletown hall 
meeting in my district where 83 percent of the respondents said they 
supported President Obama's health care plan. The Ninth Congressional 
District of Tennessee gets it. I hope America gets it.

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