Issue Position: Health Care

Issue Position

One of Congressman Garamendi's first acts in Congress was to pass the Patient's Bill of Rights, which made significant progress in preventing the insurance companies from exploiting consumers and greatly expands health care access and services.

The Patient's Bill of Rights helps 32 million more Americans get the insurance they deserve. It makes preexisting conditions a relic of history, making sure that insurance companies can't deny children coverage now and completing ending this vile practice by 2014 for all adults. It is making prescription drugs more affordable and will gradually phase out the donut hole by 2020. Under the Patient's Bill of Rights, all children will have access to their insurance up to the age of 26 and small businesses receive a 35 percent tax credit to help pay for their employees' insurance.

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