[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       BENEFITS OF HEALTH REFORM

  (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I think we just heard something that is 
only a half truth. I was meeting with the realtors in my district a 
week or 2 weeks ago, and they had read all of this propaganda from the 
Republican Party. They said, ``Well, we cannot afford to buy 
insurance.''
  I asked, ``Are you buying it now?''
  ``Yes, we are.''
  I said, ``Are you aware there is up to a 50 percent tax credit for 
every insurance policy that you buy?''
  ``No, we didn't know that.''
  ``Are you also aware that if you have a child who is 23 who would 
drop off your insurance, they will be able to stay on your insurance 
until they are 26?''
  ``No, we didn't know that.''
  ``How about the cap on the yearly expenditures and the lifetime cap, 
do you realize that there will be no cap, whatever you need, you will 
be able to have it paid for by insurance?''
  ``We didn't know that.''
  ``And you're a senior; did you know that there is a $250 immediate 
tax rebate if you are buying those drugs in that doughnut hole?''
  ``We didn't know that.''
  ``And in 3 years it disappears?''
  ``We didn't know that. Well, then why do Republicans want to repeal 
all that? We don't understand. Why do the Republicans want to get rid 
of all that good stuff?''

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