[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, the people may be wondering what is going 
on here today. Well, you are watching the charge of the light brigade. 
The Republicans believe that they can just throw themselves into it and 
they will stop it. But they are not going to stop it.
  The other night, Tuesday night, New York City, a friend of mine had a 
problem. He called a doctor's office and got the first question, which 
is always, What kind of insurance do you have?
  He said, Well, I don't have any insurance. I am from out of the 
country.
  They said, Oh, well, you can come in and see the doctor, but you have 
to bring $250 in cash or the doctor will not see you.
  He said, I don't have that kind of cash.
  They said, Well, tough luck. Go to the emergency room.
  Now, that is the health care system that my colleagues in the light 
brigade want to protect. Keep trying to protect it, guys. It ain't 
going to work. The American people want a change, and they are going to 
get one.

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