House Proceeding 07-16-09 on Jul 16th, 2009 :: 1:17:00 to 1:21:15
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1:16:57 to 1:17:17( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: on nearly every progressive let me welcome the gentleman and yield to him so he can get in this coverings. -- io this conversation. from hall -- mr. hall: thank you for spreading the word of this health care plan which will include for the first time from the united states a public plan, a public option, patient option, some call it, so that

1:17:00 to 1:21:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Hall

1:17:18 to 1:17:40( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: all americans will have access to some kind of coverage. i justant to follow up on what you were just saying in terms of what a family making, say, adjusted gross income of half a million dollars a year would be paying. it's important to recognize the average american family is already paying an estimat

1:17:41 to 1:18:03( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: $1,100 a year in extra premiums to cover those 47 million to 57 million uninsured who walk into emergency rooms and trauma centers with the flu or with a child that's sick or with a sprained ankle, something that should be handled by a primary care physician but because they don't have health insurance, they go to the e.r. instead. and those bills don't get paid.

1:18:04 to 1:18:26( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: the rest of the population. and all of us wind up with higher premiums as a result. we're already paying for it. we're paying more than any other country in the world. in fact, 16.2% of our g.d.p., our gross domestic product, is going to pay for health care, but we're not getting the best results. we're not at the top in terms of lifespan, in terms of infant

1:18:27 to 1:18:48( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: mortality. we're t even close to the top. and i think it's also important to realize that first of all, this plan is still being tweaked, the bill is still being worked on. there are those who have questions about one aspect or another. i'm particularly in my district concerned that small businesses be protected as well as

1:18:49 to 1:19:09( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: possible. although many small businesses have come to me, including the chambers of commerce in my district have come to me and said the number one issue for their member businesses is health care, the costs are spiraling out of control, costs of providing health care to their employees. they want to do it but just will be broken by doing it. the other question i hear --

1:19:10 to 1:19:30( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: well, a couple of things. i hear some people say, and they've heard this from tv, from the ads running already against this. i don't want the government between me and my doctor. well, neither do i. but i also don't want your insurance company between you and your doctor. and that's the situation we have now. people say i don't want rationing.

1:19:31 to 1:19:51( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: we already have rationing. people say i want to have my choice of doctors. you don't. if you have an h.m.o., they give you a list of doctors and if you're not in the system you wind up paying for it yourself and filing for reimbursement ter. good luck. it won't be the sa rate if you do get it at all. but the main myth that i would like to dispel is the idea that

1:19:52 to 1:20:13( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: the government can't run a health care program well. not that this is going to be government-run health care. it's going to be a standard set of plans, the exchange, in which any business or individual can go and choose from among five of the choices and one of those choices will be the public option.

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John Hall: but just thinkbout our military, for instance. all of the many member military and folks i know who work at west point, which is in my district, are covered by tricare. tricare is a single payer government funded one source health care plan. same goes, medicare is another one.

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John Hall: and the veterans administration, there are certainly problems with veterans getting into the system. once they're in, they're very happy. in fact don't talk to a veteran about taking away their v.a. care because most of them, once they get that card, it's so portable and goes anywhere in the country and their records pop up instantly on the computer. so there are several examples already of -- my parents are

1:20:58 to 1:21:15( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: quite happy with their medicare coverage. they buy supplemental sometimes if they need it and that option would also be available under the bill we're talking about. but i mainly just wanted to thank you and add my voice to the chorus of those saying it's time for this change to happen, for us to join the rest of the g-20, the rest of the