[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25235-25236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO SAY NO TO HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, our Republican colleagues continue to find 
different ways of saying no to the health care reform that the American 
people so desperately need and want. One of those outrageous ways of 
saying no is to claim that the government is somehow going to get 
between doctors and their patients.
  Well, America's seniors know that is not the case, because under 
Medicare, doctor-patient relationships are sacred. Veterans know that 
is not the case, because the VA knows that doctor-patient relationships 
are sacred.
  But the people of California don't know that. A recent study revealed 
that 22 percent of the claims made to insurance companies are denied. 
Now who is getting between the doctor and patient relationship? It is 
the insurance companies, not the government.
  Republicans ought to figure out a way to say yes instead of no. It 
has been 126 days and counting since the Republican leadership said 
they were going to advance a plan to reform America's health care. 
Instead, they still find crazy ways to say no. It is time for them to 
join us in saying yes.

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