[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, in these delaying tactics that we see from the 
other side, let's not lose track of the big picture. The health care 
reform legislation taking shape recognizes the different ways that 
Americans get their health care and helps each one. Those who get their 
health coverage through their employment will find that insurance 
companies cannot yank them around, or cut them off if their health 
treatment becomes expensive, or discriminate against them for 
preexisting conditions.
  Those who get their health care through Medicare will keep the 
Medicare they know and love; only it will be better. Closing the gap in 
the coverage of prescription medicine, the so-called doughnut hole, and 
moving toward a more patient-based, less procedure-based system. And 
those not well served by today's existing system, small businesses, 
employees and employers, people between jobs, individual contractors 
and consultants, can get their coverage at lower group rates and can 
get assistance in paying those premiums. And overall, this will hold 
down the rising cost of health care in America.

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