House Proceeding on Sep 9th, 2009 :: 0:35:35 to 0:36:55
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John W. Olver: about making private insurance companies and their c.e.o.'s wealthy and get back to making americans healthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. olver: thank you, mr. speaker.

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Speech By: John W. Olver

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John W. Olver: there are those in america who claim we can't fix our broken health care system during an economic crisis. not to fix it. health care premiums have risen every year for more than a decade at least three times as fast as family incomes have risen. if we do nothing, those rising health insurance premiums will eat up an ever larger slice of

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John W. Olver: family incomes. businesses that provide health insurance as a benefit for workers and their families will be ever more competitively disadvantaged. those losses of jobs that america cannot afford to lose. others in america claim that reform will mean a government takeover of health care decisions.

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John W. Olver: the opposite is true. every american will be able to choose their insurance plan and their doctor but dropping a pre-existing condition will be prohibited from all insurance plans. reform will ensure that the doctor and the family make the critical decisions on needed care. now, insurance company executivesake those