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House Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 0:08:25 to 0:09:45
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Steven Kagen

0:08:21 to 0:08:41( Edit History Discussion )

Steven Kagen: eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse that is so rampant in our medical system. with the money these reforms save we'll be able to expand coverage and ensure that no one is denied health care insurance because of a pre-existing y can't afford premiums. these are simple tested commonsense ideas that don't take 1,099 pages to explain. let's give the american people

Steven Kagen

0:08:25 to 0:09:45( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Steven Kagen

Steven Kagen

0:08:42 to 0:09:02( Edit History Discussion )

Steven Kagen: what they want, with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yld back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. kagen:is house of representatives is the people's voice and we are about to deliver exactly what they have been asking for. reform

Steven Kagen

0:09:03 to 0:09:23( Edit History Discussion )

Steven Kagen: system, reforms that were asked of us by our people back home in our districts. ideas, great ideas come from our people, including closing the doughnut hole in medicare part d, reforming medical malpractice to make sure it's affordable for every practitioner and their patients.

Steven Kagen

0:09:24 to 0:09:44( Edit History Discussion )

Steven Kagen: to negotiate finally for deeper s from prescription drug companies. we are going to also eliminate the antitrust exemption that the wall street-run health insurance corporations have been running from for decades. we are also going to begin looking at purchasing health care policies lines. this is what the people want. they want private doctors, private hospitals, they want to

Steven Kagen

0:09:45 to 0:09:46( Edit History Discussion )

Steven Kagen: be in charge of their health care again.

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