House Proceeding 10-22-09 on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 2:50:00 to 2:51:30
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Keith Ellison: into primary ca make a living and do what our country needs. mr. ellison: let me offer a few other thoughts and that is that, you know, as we are embarking on this effort, we're on the house floor tonight, progressive caucus comes week after week. we've been talking about health re since summer time. we're going to have to get

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: another topic but not until we get health care reform. but i just want to take a moment to say this is an opportunity to talk about what real people are going through. i'm going to tell folks about courtney. courtney's 31 and a mother of a toddler in college she was diagnosed with chrome's disease. a debilitating and chronic

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Keith Ellison: digestive illness. to ctrol her disease, courtney need extensive medication, about $1,500 worth of shots four times a month. after first approving the treatment, her health care provider, united health care, denied courtney coverage of the medication 12 months later. saying that the shots were no

2:51:08 to 2:51:28( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: longer medically necessary. courtney and her doctor fought the insurer and by january, 2009, the company re-instated coverage of the medication. but it was too late. courtney's condition had already deteriorated and she was in chronic pain with decreasing

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Keith Ellison: energy and quality of life.