Senate Proceeding on Oct 28th, 2009 :: 9:59:50 to 10:02:00
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Tom Udall: because we can't just keep doing the same old thing and subsidizing. we've got to change the system, and the public option will do that. mr. udall: senator whitehouse, we're near the end of our hour right here. i'd just like to read one more letter, and then you may have some concluding remarks, but i

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Speech By: Tom Udall

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Tom Udall: think this letter drives home what we have been talking about all night. i received a letter from a man in carlsbad, new mexico. this man's wife was denied insurance benefits after she fell at the school where she is a teacher. and here's a bit of what he said. "her orthopedic surgeon told us that her falls aggravated her

10:00:22 to 10:00:42( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Udall: degenerative condition in her knees and spine. he felt he could no longer treat her without surgery and recommended that she have both knees replaced. she had one knee replaced, but before she could have the other knee replaced or her back treated, she was summoned to albuquerque, new mexico, where she had to appear before a panel of three doctors.

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Tom Udall: the lead doctor on this panel rules that she needed no further treatment of any kind. one of the doctors wrote a dissenting opinion, but her coverage was cut off. the dissenting doctor later apologized to this gentleman's wife, stating he hated serving on those panels because the lead doctor always ruled in favor of the insurance companies and

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Tom Udall: against the patient. the althnsurance industry cannot be trusted." this is what the gentleman said. "without the public option, the american people will not have the choice they deserve. the public option would bring needompetion to the industry. i strongly urge you to support the public option." that's my constituent writing me. and he's really hit it on the head.

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Tom Udall: i think the gentleman from carlsbad said it best when he said the public option would ing needed competion to the industry. you saw this chart earlier here about the lack of competion and how we have these insurance company right now, health insurance companies are basically

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Tom Udall: monopolies or duopolies at best. in new mexico, we have two companies that hold 65% of the market. this kind of control means there is no