Senate Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 3:57:05 to 3:59:15
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3:57:02 to 3:57:23( Edit History Discussion )

Amy Klobuchar: public and is being denied coverage today. the senator from ms. klobuchar: would the senator yield? i also was listening to this and was thinking about a week ago i was at an event that mrs. obama, the first lady, put on with breast cancer survivors in honor of breast cancer month.

3:57:05 to 3:59:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Amy Klobuchar

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Amy Klobuchar: there were three women there. they all had breast cancer and all were survivors and had incredibly low rates of the possibility of getti breast cancer again because of advances in science. i was stunned to hear about their difficulty because even though the possibility of their getting breast cancer again were so low, it was still considered a preexisting condition for so many insurance policies.

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Amy Klobuchar: and then a recent example, when you think about hitting middle-class families here, a recent example that people watching this on c-span may have seen, a little boy named alex was denied coverage by his health plan. alex's family has coverage by

3:58:08 to 3:58:28( Edit History Discussion )

Amy Klobuchar: their employer but their four-month-old son alex who weighs 17 pounds -- by the way, my daughter when she was born was in one of the lowest percentages of weight -- and he was denied coverage. and the insurance company claimed that this was a preexisting condition for the

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Amy Klobuchar: otherwise healthy baby, because here's the interesting part, and i know the presiding officer fr montana, it was after this family went on tv with this little boy that the insurance company changed their mind and sudden gave coverage. the lesson from this is that middle-class families have to go

3:58:53 to 3:59:13( Edit History Discussion )

Amy Klobuchar: on tv, like on billings, montana, tv in order to make their case or a woman in eight states, a victim of domestic abuse, that is considered in eight states to be a preexisting condition. i guess maybe to go on tv and talk about her domestic abuse, then there would be a change of mind and change of heart. that is not good enough, coverage by cable tv for the majority of americans.

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Amy Klobuchar: they need stability in the