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Health Care Reform

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 1, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, everyone here knows that we have spent the past several months working to craft legislation that will bring much-needed health insurance reform to the American people. Costs and premiums are spiraling out of control, and more and more families, working families, are being priced out of health insurance.

While Democrats have debated the best way to produce a reform package that will cut costs and ensure quality and affordability, our colleagues across the aisle have been playing hooky with their responsibilities to the American public.

It has been over 100 days now since Congressman Blunt told us his party would be offering an alternative health reform bill. We've heard nothing yet. Representative Cantor recently suggested to a constituent that she find ``charity care'' for an unemployed family member in need of surgery. Find a charity? Is that the full extent of Republican health care reform?

So I ask again, where is the GOP plan for health insurance reform? Or is it just to maintain the status quo?

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