Senate Proceeding on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 1:16:45 to 1:19:15
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1:16:27 to 1:16:45( Edit History Discussion )

Lamar Alexander: new york or others would be. they weren't included. our states cannot afford to have the federal government stand up here and said, congratulations, we will mr. and mrs. low-income american, and then we're going to send one-third of the bill to states that are already bankrupt

1:16:45 to 1:19:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Johnny Isakson

1:16:46 to 1:17:06( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: making it more difficult for them to provide good care for you. mr. isakson: senator alexander, you have said quite frankly in the past couple of months in talking about health care, tha we need to take a step by step approach, that health care reform, the unintended consequences will be a disaster because it affects 17% of the economy.

1:17:07 to 1:17:27( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: you're taking all of the entitlements, you're taking 86% of the people who have insurance or some coverage a you're threatening them that t have to go into a government option, all together taking in 14%. this medicaid debate is a good example of how to take step approach and take first things first.

1:17:28 to 1:17:48( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: in our report before the senate "help" committee, which you serv we spent 67.5 hours in the markup of tt bill in june and july. we heard of the uninsured and uncovered in america, to 16% that we hear about, a number of them are medicaid o medicare eligible and not enrolled.

1:17:49 to 1:18:09( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: the first step that we ought to do is create a every medicaid eligible person and medicare eligible person is covered. which probably means when someone visits a hospital because they're wide for medicare or medicaid they -- qualified for medicare or medicaid, they are enrolled.

1:18:10 to 1:18:30( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: that is the first step we ought to take. we uninsured that you and i talk lotbout, independent contractors, small busess people, pools across the state insurance pools across state lines, we with major corporationsn

1:18:31 to 1:18:53( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: insurance becomes more accessible and more affordable. this debate -- just we're having here over medicaid and the governor's immediate reaction, which is 100% of the gompors, it's not a -- governors, it's some of them, it's all of them. we need a step by

1:18:54 to 1:19:14( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: to address the uninsured, without the unintended consequences to bankrupt states. mr. alexander: the senator from georgia is being very, very sensible. i think most americans would agree with us, health care is to reduce costs. to reduce the cost of your heth insurance when you buy it

1:19:15 to 1:19:15( Edit History Discussion )

Johnny Isakson: and to reduce the cost to your