[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 471]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     HOMELESS DUE TO MEDICAL BILLS

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I recently received a phone call 
from my childhood friend who told me he needed a place to stay. He was 
homeless; homeless because he was a diabetic and because he couldn't 
afford to pay for his hospital bills, he was put out of his home, he 
was evicted; homeless because he was middle-aged and couldn't find an 
insurance company to provide him with coverage he could afford.
  I am asking the American people to contact the U.S. Senate to let 
them know that this repeal of the health care reform law cannot stand. 
Our American people need this protection.
  The very nature of health insurance is to spread the risk. The more 
people that are insured, the lower the cost of health insurance for all 
of us. We have got to maintain the health reform law.

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