Senate Proceeding on Oct 28th, 2009 :: 9:33:20 to 9:35:30
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9:33:07 to 9:33:29( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: mammograms, prostate cancer treatment, diabetes maintenance, all of these things, if you're saying no to those people, the ultimate cost in human life and in dollars goes through the roof. mr. udall: if the senator would yield, you've hit an example that -- that comes home to me, because i had a gentleman write me from a small community,

9:33:20 to 9:35:30( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Tom Udall

9:33:30 to 9:33:52( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: senator durbin, in new mexico, pena blanca, and he wrote about his wife. and here's what he told. he said, my wife reached the age of 50 and she wanted to do what she could in encourage, like you're talking about, we want to get out in front of illnesses, we want to

9:33:53 to 9:34:14( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: try to do that preventive care. so she wanted to have a colonoscopy. she goes to the insurance company and they say, well, it's going to cost you $3,000. they didn't have $3,000. and so she had to forego the colonoscopy. that was when she was 50 years of age. at 54 years of age, she was

9:34:15 to 9:34:35( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: diagnosed with and he writes me saying my wife is dying and i'm in this situation where i now realize that if we have that kind of preventive care, i'd have my wife with me and i'd have her with me a lot longer. and it just demonstrates what

9:34:36 to 9:34:57( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: you've just said, that -- that if we reorient our health care system to prevention, to wellness, if we use the public option, we use the nonprofit method, that we will then be moving in the direction of getting way out in front of these illnesses rather than

9:34:58 to 9:35:20( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: having the tragedies le this gentleman in this small town of pena blanca, new mexico. and it's just -- it is -- it's a crying shame thing happen to a family. and senator whitehouse, as you have said, i mean, we talk about all these things here, skyrocketing premiums and talking about profits and

9:35:21 to 9:35:31( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: everything, but it comes down to families and individuals with serious health care problems. and those problems today in many cases are not being dealt with