House Proceeding 05-21-09 on May 21st, 2009 :: 0:46:15 to 0:47:15
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Bob Filner: able to bring up h.r. 678 as soon as possible and thank you very much for yielding to me, mr. chairman. mr. filner: reclaiming my time, i thank the gentleman from san diego. when we were both in local govement we worked together on numerous issues in san diego and i'm so glad we're working together here in e congress. as we said, there's two major parts of h.r. 678. number one, the social security

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Speech By: Bob Filner

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Bob Filner: administration must revise its criteria for determining disability, to make it easier for people with huntington's to collect their biffs -- benefits. it also removes both-year waiting period between receiving social security disability paents andheir medicare benefits. this will allow h.d. paints to get the treatment they need -- patients to get the treatment they need on the onset of the

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Bob Filner: disease where it's most important. this is not without precedent, madam speaker. in 2000, the centers for medicaid and medicare services waived this waiting period for those suffering from a.l.s. huntington's disease is tragic you, but our bill will help