Health Care

Floor Speech

Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, the news from the Senate that they will include a public option in the health reform bill is encouraging, as we in the House prepare to vote on comprehensive reform. It is also precisely what the majority of Americans want. They want true competition in the health insurance market, and only the public option can do that. If the current insurance market had wanted to provide equitable and affordable health coverage for Americans, we wouldn't have 47 million uninsured people.

These are our constituents, our neighbors, even our family members. It's the young mother who called me to tell me that her daughter, born with spina bifida, was being denied a lifesaving surgery. I urge my colleagues to join me in welcoming the news from the Senate. Let's pass real health reform now.

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