[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHWARTZ. Mr. Speaker, as I sit here and listen to one after 
another of the Republicans here in Congress finding reasons not to move 
ahead, not to find that uniquely American solution to helping every 
American have access to health insurance, the fact is that we have to 
do more. We have to act right now to ensure that every American has 
access to insurance coverage; that that insurance coverage is 
affordable, and that it is meaningful; that it covers preexisting 
conditions and provides for ongoing care for chronic diseases; that we 
can ensure that Americans get quality care and the right care, 
including for our seniors.
  Legislation we have coming before us protects seniors, makes sure 
that they see lower copayments for primary care, that they see lower 
copayments for prescription coverage.
  The fact is that we can contain costs and help enable every American 
to have access to health insurance coverage. This is a moral 
imperative. It's an economic imperative for our families and for our 
businesses and for our Nation.
  Fifty million Americans without health insurance, 14,000 a day being 
uninsured. It's time to get this done. It's time to act.

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