Pelosi: Health Legislation Founded on Key Principles for a Healthier America: Innovation, Competition and ...(ces and ends co-pays for preventive care...),Health

Date:11/7/2009

ces, and ends co-pays for preventive care to stop problems before they start and allows young people to stay on their parents' premium until their 27th birthday. It works for small business owners providing access to affordable group rates and creating a tax credit for them to help them insure their employees. It works for consumers keeping the insurance companies honest and encouraging competition with a public option. This legislation puts you and your doctor in charge. No longer will the insurance companies come between you and your doctor.

"President Obama has said that health care reform is entitlement reform. And this legislation proves that point. It is fiscally sound, it is paid for, and it reduces the deficit by tens of billions of dollars over the next 10 years. This legislation is the result of extensive deliberations here in the Congress where we have held more than 100 hearings and prodded extensive input from the American people. Members of Congress have held over 3,000 town meetings. And it resulted in a better bill than H.R. 3200, however excellent that was. This bill is a better one with significant differences, and my colleagues have pointed them out, Congresswoman Dina Titus just before me at the podium.

"We are brought to this historic moment in our nation and for our families because of the work of our Chairmen -- Chairman Henry Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Chairman Charlie Rangel of the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman George Miller of the Education and labor Committee, and Chairwoman Louise Slaughter of the Rules Committee. I thank all the Members of those committees, including the Rules Committee for being in so late so that we could have this legislation on the floor today. And for their ongoing service to the Congress.

"And more than 300 groups, representing tens of millions of Americans, have expressed their support for the bill -- AARP, the American Medical Association, Ame
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