The High Costs of Health Care

The average American family today pays twice as much for its health care as it did a decade ago. Democrats are committed to lowering skyrocketing costs and bringing stability and security back to health care.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senators Durbin, Schumer and Murray held a press conference Thursday with Kathy De Vincentis and Regina Holliday, two individuals who have struggled due to the high cost of health care.




Kathy is a retired hospice nurse and breast cancer survivor who resides in Washington, D.C. She and her husband, Armando, who suffers from the debilitating effects of a stroke, have had to spend much of their retirement savings on life-saving medications because of inadequate health insurance coverage. Congress needs to pass health reform so no woman has to die from breast cancer because she cant afford care, said De Vincentis. I call on you today to do the right thing for hardworking Americans like Armando and me.

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http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=316160

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