[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. KLEIN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it's an honor to be here today 
after months and months of discussing the health care reform proposals 
with the people of America and particularly with those in my district 
in south Florida.
  It's great to be here to talk about how, finally, we're going to deal 
with preexisting conditions and about how, finally, people who have 
mental illnesses and chronic illnesses won't have arbitrary caps on 
their insurance and about how, finally, small businesses, which are the 
heart of our total economic system, will be able to pool their 
purchasing power to bring their costs down.
  Medicare is one of the most important programs in our country. It's 
about fixing the doughnut hole to reduce the costs for prescription 
drugs, which is the lifeblood of many Americans within our senior 
citizen population. This is what the American people want. I am very 
proud that we are fixing the Medicare system and that we are making it 
last even longer than has been alleged by those on the other side.
  It's about time we do something right to fix health care. This is the 
proposal.

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