[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3516]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Madam Speaker, at least 46 million Americans are now 
uninsured; 7.7 million in California are uninsured, and at least 80,000 
are uninsured in the Sixth Congressional District, which is the 
district I represent. By the end of the day, 14,000 more Americans will 
lose their coverage, more than 2,000 of them in California.
  Without health care reform, the average family premium in California 
will rise from $13,280 to $22,660 by the year 2019. That's why we must 
pass the health care reform bill that brings down costs and increases 
competition. The Senate bill, with the corrections, including better 
subsidies and insurance market reforms, will be the beginning of this.
  We must pass health reform so that our Nation's families have access 
to affordable, quality health insurance.

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