[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, 50 million Americans have no health 
insurance. Another 50 million are underinsured.
  And instead of creating a program that would provide insurance for 
all Americans, the great debate in Washington is how we can continue to 
keep the insurance companies in business. Think about it.
  America spends $2.4 trillion a year on health care, but 1 out of 
every $3, $800 billion a year, goes for the activities of the for-
profit health insurance companies, corporate profits, stock options, 
executive salaries, advertising, marketing costs and paperwork.
  Now, isn't it time that we took away the profit-making incentive in 
health care and created a system where there is health care for all, 
where everything is covered? We have the money to do it.
  The question is whether we are going to have health care for the 
people or whether we are going to have insurance care using our money 
and our tax dollars to keep the insurance companies in their profits.

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