Health Care Reform
Issues: Health and Health Care
HEALTH CARE REFORM -- (House of Representatives - July 31, 2009)
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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, as we debate health care reform legislation, my Republican friends say things are fine just the way they are. ``Take two tax breaks and call me in the morning,'' is their prescription. This in spite of the fact that premiums have doubled in 9 years, growing three times faster than wages; this in spite of the fact that the average American family already pays an extra $1,100 a year in premiums to support a broken system; this in spite of the fact that 46 million Americans are uninsured.
When my Republican friends say that the American people don't deserve health reform, my response is: Are you kidding?
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