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Pass Health Care Reform

Date: July 29, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM -- (House of Representatives - July 29, 2009)

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Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I hope that our friends on the Republican side of the aisle who don't want us to fix our health care system will listen to their constituents when they go home in August because they'll hear stories like I've heard in Connecticut.

A woman in Thomaston, Connecticut, contacted me about her own horrific experience. She had a pulmonary embolism and was told by her doctor that she was in danger of losing her leg, but her insurance company decided not to pay for the surgery on the grounds that it was cosmetic. Her appeal was denied, and she lost the leg.

One of the biggest lies I hear about our health care system is that, if you have insurance, you're all set. Well, this woman had coverage, and it failed her. The cost of our broken system can't be measured just in dollars and cents. It's so much more. We have a system that just doesn't value keeping people healthy, and we can change this by passing health care reform.

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