Senate Proceeding on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 8:30:10 to 8:31:00
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8:30:08 to 8:30:28( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: people denying care, right? mr. udall: right, those two things occurring drive up cost. just let me the point. the comparison on the administrative costs. let's look at a government-run program, medicare, that has 3% administrative costs, and then you go over into the insurance

8:30:10 to 8:31:00( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Tom Udall

8:30:29 to 8:30:50( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: industry and we're talking 30% and it's those people in the process that are denying the claims and all we talked about. salaries, it's profits, it's marketers and bureaucrats that are denying your claims thought you had good insurance. something like 30% of claims are initially denied. when i've read some of these

8:30:51 to 8:31:01( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: letters on the floor that i know senator merkley and whitehouse may be reading so many of these come from people who are sick, who thought