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Support the Health Care Plan

Date: July 21, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


SUPPORT THE HEALTH CARE PLAN -- (House of Representatives - July 21, 2009)

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Mr. BACA. America's health system is not working. We cannot stay with the failing system that we now have. What good is an insurance card if there's no real access to services? What good is the current system if I have a senior under Medicare, like in my district, scared that their doctors won't see them any more?

We also need a health care reform that gets past the politics and past the rhetoric that every single person is covered.

I stand here to advocate for those without a voice, for those who cannot afford to travel to Washington, D.C. I stand here to advocate for a viable public option to compete with the private sector.

I stand here to advocate for American families. And I stand for the American families who are busting at the seams, trying to make ends meet, and hoping one day they won't get sick.

I urge my colleagues to advocate for all American families and pass health care reform that is needed for all American people in this country.

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