Keith Ellison (Health Care Reform)

6.16.09: Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, the American people don't need to be told there is a health care crisis in America. They're the ones living it every day. They're the ones who, for decades, have seen the price they pay out of every paycheck for health insurance skyrocket while their coverage has shrunk or has been denied altogether. They've seen the increasing copays and premiums.

We can give every American a choice. We can offer an alternative to the mountains of medical debt that so often lead to bankruptcy. We can offer an alternative to the fear that they or their children might be denied a doctor visit simply because it is more profitable to deny them coverage than to see them get well.

I want to encourage all Americans to stand up to the same fear-mongering attacks that have prevented them for decades from getting the health care they deserve. We can offer a public option that helps all Americans. I implore the American people to remember that we are not the country of ``no, we can't.'' We are America, the country of ``yes, we can.''

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Insurance company execs. = lying, thieving, incompetent, loathsome, disgusting "things". They laugh at their legalized extortion while they play golf every day at 3:00PM & pretend they're masters of the universe. I guess it's about time they learned some humility & pay back all the money they've stolen from millions of innocent families. Hopefully all insurance companies go bankrupt & the execs are forced to go to prison for greed, fraud, lying & whoring of cash.