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Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference Today on Health Care Reform and Medical Costs
Date:7/22/2009

ut a third of my income goes to health premiums and co-pays.

I'm trying to do the right thing, so I pay my bills down every month, but they accumulate faster than I can pay. But this story is not unusual. Typical Maine workers, like farmers, fisherman, loggers, carpenters, and seasonal workers, are usually self-employed and need to follow the work when it is available. They need portability between employment chances and affordable options, like the public plan. We need protection from this kind of crushing debt, the kind of protection that the House health care reform bill offers. We need to get rid of things like waiting periods so that no one is left in a lurch like I was. We need portability to health care between jobs and more affordable options. Portability and affordability. We need to do this as soon as possible. Please. Thank you.

[Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.]

Catherine Howard. Hi. My name is Catherine Howard and I'm from San Francisco. Five years ago, I was working as a documentary film producer. I wasn't making a lot of money, but I knew that maintaining my health insurance was really important. I was afraid I'd get hurt snowboarding, not dealing with a life-threatening illness. I found a private insurance plan, that seemed affordable -- only $140 a month -- but I had no idea what it would really cost me. After my breast cancer diagnosis I thought I was covered. I had done the right thing; I had insurance.

But I discovered that the health plan that I was paying for didn't cover a large part of the cancer care that I required. I had chosen one of those low premium, but high deductible plans. And I had to pay for 30 percent of all the services that the policy covered. And it didn't even cover all the services I needed. I remember staring at the needle of one shot. It cost $2,100, and thinking, "I have to pay 600 dollars for this today."

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