Senate Proceeding on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 0:45:35 to 0:47:20
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Mark Udall: representatives, senator udall championed legislation highlighting the health benefits of physical activity for the public. senator mr. udall: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. udall: let me start by thanking my colleague from oregon for holding this importt gathering here on the floor of the senate this morning. madam president, my fellow

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Speech By: Mark Udall

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Mark Udall: freshmen colleagues have stressed that we need to lower spending, chip deficit and strengthen our economy. while the reform proposals before us across the board, i'd like to focus on a particular area of health care -- near and dear to

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Mark Udall: americans, and that is medicare. reforming how we pay for medicare and how we spend the valuable taxpayer dollars is one of the biggest cost containg tools that we can include in health care reform, and it will also, madam president, improve the health of seniors. coloradans have rightly asked me and senator bennet how health

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Mark Udall: care reform will reduce the costs for medicare and improve their they want to kw how we can get more as the government spends less. the answer -- the answer is health care reform can make our government and us smarter consumers. because right now 30% to spending on health care does not

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Mark Udall: make a patient health yes. that's a lot of room for savings, mr. president. mr. an example today. medicare actually pays dollars and -- doctors an hospitals more to provide for diabetes and prevent that amputation. our government should pay quality outcomes, not writing

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Mark Udall: checks that encourage expensive care that could have been prevented in the first place.