House Proceeding on May 13th, 2009 :: 0:04:35 to 0:05:40
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John Hall: an honor to represent him and his parishners in the 26th district of texas. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will enter further requests for one-minute speeches on ea aisle. the gentleman from new york. mr. hall: i request permission to address the house for one

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Speech By: John Hall

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John Hall: minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hall: thank you, mr. speaker. i hear stories every day from the hudson valley about the skyrocketing cost of health care. people say having to deal with insurance companies leaves them being denied coverage for any reason plausible or not. they talk about medical bills

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John Hall: that are already too high before they have to pay even more to cover their children who just graduated from college and are now struggling to find work. families u.s.a. released a study this week showing that 3.5 million new yorkers spend more than 10% of their pre-tax income on health care costs and almost one million new yorkers spend 25%.

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John Hall: this is pre-tax income whi would be an even higher percentage of their disposable income. these numbers are one more