House Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 0:55:05 to 0:55:55
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Dennis J. Kucinich: takeover. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> to address the house f minute. without objection, so ordered. mr. kucinich: this gives so much money to the insurance

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Speech By: Dennis J. Kucinich

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Dennis J. Kucinich: company that we're giving far too much for the full benefits the bill macon fer. the insurance companies get at least another 26 millionew customers. they'll receive at least another $50 billion in new revenue. they'll be able to raise premiums 25% even though in each of the last four consecutive year the industry raised premiums by double digits.

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Dennis J. Kucinich: as long as there are for-profit insurance companies, there'll be no effective way to protect consumers against ever-escalating premiums, co-pays, and dedubblingtables unless they know that people at the state level have a choice to reject insurance companies and have a single payer system. that's why the kucinich