[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27826-27827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Congress is only a few steps away from passing a health 
care reform bill that is much needed for the American people. If we 
lose sight of our main goal to provide access coverage to everyone, 
especially the poor and the middle class that have already sacrificed 
or contributed so much so this country, I say, Ask not what you can do 
for the insurance companies but ask what you can do for the American 
people.
  This is a humanitarian issue about responsible parents trying to 
provide for their families. The House bill ends the doughnut hole 
prescription drug coverage, ends copayment for preventive care, ends 
discrimination based on preexisting conditions, and provides more 
health care for our youth. The health bill means less red tape and less 
paperwork, more time with your families and doctors, lower premiums for 
older Americans.
  This is extremely important at a time that the American families are 
stretching their budgets to the brink to make ends meet their needs and 
may have lost their jobs. Access to health care is not a privilege. 
It's a human right. I urge my colleagues to fight for the American 
family and pass real health care reform.

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