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IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE AND
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WITH GREAT HUMILITY THAT WE COME BEFORE YOU TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO GAVE OUR COUNTRY SOCIAL SECURITY AND THEN MEDICARE AND NOW UNIVERSAL...
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AMERICANS. WE ARE BROUGHT TO THIS HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR NATION AND OUR FAMILIES, BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF OUR THREE GREAT CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEES...
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AS I SAID, THE BILL IS FISCALLY SOUND, WILL NOT ADD ONE DIME TO THE DEFICIT AS IT EXPANDS COVERAGE, AND PROMOTES PREVENTION AND WELLNESS ACROSS THE...
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BE MEASURED BY THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA'S FAMILIES IN MAKING PROGRESS FOR THEMSELVES, AND SO, THESE STORIES ARE PLACED THAT NEED OUR ATTENTION WILL...
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| 00:07:22 |
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HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> TODAY, WE ARE ONE STEP FURTHER ON A LONG HARD ROAD. THE ROAD TO BRING QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE TO EVERY ONE OF OUR FELLOW...
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| 00:07:42 |
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ARE HERE TO INTRODUCE A NEW HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM BILL THANKS TO THE COMMITMENT TO THIS CAUSE SHARED BY EVERY
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MEMBER OF OUR CAUCUS. I TOLD MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC OVER AND OVER AND OVERAGAIN OVER AGAIN, THERE IS NOT ONE MEMBER OF OUR CAUCUS FROM EVERY...
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| 00:11:58 |
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THANK YOU OR THEFOR BEING HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAME IS PRISCILLA KING. I'M 70 YEARS OLD AND A MEMBER OF THE ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS FROM...
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| 00:12:25 |
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DAY, SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY. WE LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND AFTER ALL OF THE BILLS ARE PAID, WE HAVE LESS THAN $100 FOR FOOD AN GAS AND...
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| 00:14:06 |
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BUT BEFORE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE IS TRIGGERED AT 6:002,200. THIS BILL WILL CHANGE THIS AND IT WILL BEGIN TO CLOSE TO DOUGHNUT HOLE ON JANUARY 1, 2010...
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| 00:15:47 |
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THEIR EMPLOYEES, BUT THE PERCENTAGE IS NOW DOWN TO 40%. IF WE DO NOTHING, THAT IS GOING TO GO EVEN LOWER. LEAVING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WORKING FOR...
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| 00:16:57 |
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A LARGE ORDER ONE SUMMER AND A HECTIC SUMMER AND I MISSED THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. MY INSURANCE COMPANY CUT ME OFF...
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| 00:19:23 |
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THE COST OR SINKING UNDER WEIGHT OF RISING PREMIUMS IN. THE LAST TEN YEARS PREMIUMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN AMERICA HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED INCREASING...
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| 00:20:56 |
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OF A CHRONIC ILLNESS OR DISEASE. SO-CALLED PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE REALITIES A THING OF THE PAST. ONE PERSON WHOSE PERSONAL HEALTH...
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| 00:21:56 |
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AND ACCESSIBLE TO
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| 00:21:57 |
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ALL AMERICANS. AND AS YOU HEARD FOR ME THIS IS PERSONAL. AND AS MR. CLYBURN SAID, IT IS PERSONAL FOR MANY AMERICANS. AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, I HAVE...
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| 00:24:41 |
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IMMEDIATELY UNDER THIS BILL. THE UNINSURED WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A TEMPORARY INSURANCE PROGRAM WE WILL CALL IT A HIGH-RISK POOL FROM THE DATE OF ENACTMENT...
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| 00:25:39 |
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IS AVAILABLE AND DISPLACED WORKERS CAN HAVE AFFORDABLE COVERAGE. [ APPLAUSE ] NOW, AFTER 2013, WHEN THE MANDATE FOR COVERAGE AND THE OAKS CHANGE COVERAGE...
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| 00:27:33 |
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UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AND BEING DIAGNOSED WITH UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY WE CHOSE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AS A METHOD TO BUILD OUR FAMILY AND AT THAT...
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| 00:27:46 |
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IVF WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THE DRUGS. WE PAID APPROXIMATELY $22,000 OUT OF POCKET TO CONCEIVE OUR CHILDREN, AND IN MAY OF 2000, OUR TRIPLET SONS...
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| 00:28:24 |
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A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
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| 00:28:26 |
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WE APPLIED TO CARE FIRST FOR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR THREE CHILDREN HAD BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE POLICY, BUT THAT MY HUSBAND...
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| 00:30:31 |
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THAN MEN. INSURANCE COMPANIES ROUTINELY PRACTICE WHAT THEY CALL GENDER RATING, AND THAT PERMITS THEM TO CHARGE MEN AND WOMEN DIFFERENT PREMIUMS FOR...
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| 00:32:13 |
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LAW STUDENT AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. MONIQUE KNOWS FIRSTHAND WHILE ALL ADULTS NEED QUALITY INSURANCE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO. MY NAME IS MONIQUE LUSE,...
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| 00:32:46 |
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AND THE COALITION, I WANT TO THANK SPEAKER PELOSI FOR HER LEADERSHIP, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND WITH YOU ON THIS HISTORIC DAY. THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS...
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| 00:35:20 |
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HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOUNG ADULTS FACE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, THEIR CARE OFTEN COMES ATTACKS PAYERS' EXPENSE OR NOT AT ALL. THEY OFTEN...
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| 00:36:57 |
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HE HAD THE COURAGE TO STAND UP. IN 1965, LYNDON BANES JOHNSON STOOD UP AND HAD THE COURAGE THE SAY YES TO MEDICARE, DESPITE THE FEAR THAT WAS SHOUTED...
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| 00:40:28 |
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AND THANK YOU MY FRIEND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE PUT IN ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED...
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| 00:40:45 |
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WITH THESE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN HERE BEHIND ME. THESE ARE GREAT AMERICANS, AND MADAM SPEAKER, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP,...
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| 00:46:45 |
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PAYING EXTRA FOR THEIR MEDICARE IN ORDER TO PAY THAT 150%. WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT THE MONEY GOES BACK WHERE IT SHOULD, AND THE SENIORS DON'T PAY...
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| 00:49:54 |
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CLARION CALL MADE BY THE GREAT CHAIRMAN
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| 00:49:56 |
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HERE TODAY, MADE BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THEIR NEED FOR CHANGE, AND WE THANK OUR SPECIAL GUEST WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY
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| 00:50:04 |
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FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HERE, AND WE THANK OUR COLLEAGUES WHO SPEAK FOR THEM EVERYDAY IN THEIR SERVICE TO CONGRESS. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.