[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. WU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, this Congress is doing health insurance reform 
this fall. What does that mean for middle income Americans? It means an 
insurance company can no longer decide to deny you coverage because of 
a preexisting condition, or jack up your rates because of preexisting 
conditions.
  It means it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop 
your coverage when you become sick.
  It means insurance companies will no longer be able to place an 
arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage that you receive.
  It means there will be a yearly limit on how much you can be charged 
for out-of-pocket expenses because no one should go bankrupt because 
they get sick.
  It means 35 to 40 million additional Americans will be covered with 
health insurance. That is virtually every legal resident of America.
  This set of health insurance reforms means that America will finally 
get the health care coverage that it deserves.

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