[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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             GIVING AMERICANS THE RIGHT KIND OF HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JENKINS. As a woman in the sandwich generation, I've spent 
numerous hours making health care decisions for my two teenagers, as 
well as two aging parents who have both suffered from cancer and other 
medical emergencies. From monitoring vaccines, to paying hospital and 
prescription costs, to reviewing insurance coverage, I understand the 
concerns folks have with their health care system.
  That is why I am glad Republicans have solutions: solutions to 
provide access to care, regardless of preexisting conditions; solutions 
to cover the uninsured; solutions for tort reform to reduce the cost of 
defensive medicine.
  Democrats have other ideas. The Pelosi health care plan will force 
folks off their current health care coverage, lead to longer waiting 
lines, increase premiums, higher taxes, fewer options, and will further 
bankrupt our Nation.
  Please, let's give Americans the right kind of health care reform.

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