House Proceeding 10-15-09 on Oct 15th, 2009 :: 1:31:50 to 1:38:10
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1:31:50 to 1:32:14( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: package in the house of representatives, through the senate, then deliver to the american people. and with that, i would yield. mr. ellison: the gentlelady its in fair form tonight. i appreciate everything you laid out. i just want to add to your observations about the h.i.p.

1:31:50 to 1:38:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Keith Ellison

1:32:15 to 1:32:37( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: report or american hement insurance company's analysis and here's what the people who really study the stuff have had to say about this particular report. arp had this to say. the repo fundamentally dishonest and, quote, not worth the paper it's written on.

1:32:38 to 1:33:00( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: those are the words of aarp, the executive vice president of policy and strategy. you mentioned price waterhouse coopers, they are running from the report. they are like, hay, we didn't know. and i don't blame them because it is deceptive.

1:33:01 to 1:33:23( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: they said on monday if ahip, if that industry report had instructed it to focus on some features of the bill while not taking into account other features such as the effect of suidies for those buying insurance, so they didn't even tell their preparer the right information to consider, why would they not be transparent about that?

1:33:24 to 1:33:44( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: the report threatens that if the bill became law, it would result in an increase of premiums for an average family of four. now this begs the question, who would be increasing these premiums? the very people who issued the report saying the premiums are going up.

1:33:45 to 1:34:06( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: furthermore, the report -- it said the cost of private health insurance would rise by 111% over the next decade. who would be increasing these premiums by 11%? the fact is, the very people who are saying that prices will increase for buying health

1:34:07 to 1:34:27( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: insurance are the ones who are in charge and in control of raising these prices. a white house supposeman said, quote, this is a distorted and flawed report from the insurance industry and cannot be taken seriously. this so-called analysis appears on the eve of a vote that may eat into some of the insurance

1:34:28 to 1:34:48( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: industry's profits. it conveniently ignores policies that will lower costs for those who have insurance, expand coverage and provide affordable insurance options to millions of americans. i'm not done quite yet.

1:34:49 to 1:35:05( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: nancy-ann deparo said she was surprised by the report because she had just met the person who is selling a lot of this on tv and vowed to work together.

1:35:56 to 1:36:17( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: that may be regardedno carrierring administer medicare? 96% said they like medicare. maybe the government knows. the government administers the v.a., they provide the care. that is a single-payer.

1:36:18 to 1:36:39( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: and you better not try to take health care away from one of our veterans becuse they won't tolerate that. and they had to move away from that. then we hear it's only about the uninsured. wait maintain. we find out that premiums have been doubling and are expected to double again. the people who have

1:36:40 to 1:37:02( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: employee-based health care say we need to have reform and we cannot tolerate being rejected and excluded for pre-existing conditions and discrimination which affects young women the most. so americans have been peeling back the onion of falsehood time and time again and as the

1:37:03 to 1:37:25( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: gentlelady pointed public option is still standing stronger than other. the more they attack it, the stronger it gets. and i want to point out, who wants the public option? doctors want the public option. nurses want the public option. the majority of congress wants the public option.

1:37:26 to 1:37:48( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: faith communities want public option, president obamand the american people do. let me just put little -- this is what doctors want. most doctors support the public option. 63% say the public and private options is what they would prefer.

1:37:49 to 1:38:12( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: that's what the house bill is calling for. you have another 10% said just the public option. if you add the 63% and the 10%, you end up with three-quarters of doctors saying they like the public option. my question to the gentlelady from maryland is, why does the public option keep coming up