Senate Proceeding on Nov 10th, 2009 :: 0:34:50 to 0:37:15
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Sherrod Brown: that's coming out of the private health care system. mr. brown: we don't see -- that's exactly right. we don't see veterans or we don't see active duty soldiers or -- or people on medicare denied coverage -- denied because of preexisting condition.

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Speech By: Sherrod Brown

0:35:13 to 0:35:33( Edit History Discussion )

Sherrod Brown: we don't take care of them in cleveland or in chillicothe or my state, your state, it absurd to thinks that the case. these endemic massive problems of people fighting with insurance companies, denied care, come out of the private insurance system. one of these other myths was one

0:35:34 to 0:35:54( Edit History Discussion )

Sherrod Brown: -- was one that you have talked about, senator whitehouse, that health reform will lead to rationing of health care. it is such a peculiar charge to say about this health reform will lead to rationing of health health care every day. 30% of claim -- you know, the insurance company models -- senator whitehouse has pointed

0:35:55 to 0:36:15( Edit History Discussion )

Sherrod Brown: this out on the floor several times. the model of the health insurance business is -- is this: that they hire a lot of bureaucrats to keep people from buying insurance if they're too sick. so will have a bunch of employees, a bunch of bureaucrats when people apply for health

0:36:16 to 0:36:37( Edit History Discussion )

Sherrod Brown: insurance, they'll check and see, is this person going to cost our compa too much? they'll deny them. they won't even -- then they have a lot of bureaucrats on the other end there to challenge the claims once one of their insured customers get sick to challenge their claims mucho they have bureaucrats on both ends in this

0:36:38 to 0:36:59( Edit History Discussion )

Sherrod Brown: business model, this for-profit health insurance business model, stopping people from getting insurance in the beginning and stopping them from paying their claims. in fact, 30% of claims on the first go around are denied. sometimes when you appeal them, you can win. but just the idea of when you're really sick or you're taking care of a very sick child or

0:37:00 to 0:37:15( Edit History Discussion )

Sherrod Brown: spouse o parent or sister or whatever and you're fighting with the insurance companies just to pay the bills. we rember the -- president obama talking about that with hi mother, that -- the fights that she had with the insurance companies just to pay for her cancer care as she was dying. what kind -- we don't hear about