Healthcare Reform
Today the House Leadership will unveil a solution for health care reform, it will build upon existing programs like Medicare and Medicaid that will be improved significantly. It will say to employers if you like the health insurance you're providing employees, keep it, and we'll encourage more employers to provide for their employees. But for those Americans who have no health insurance or those Americans who have difficulty affording health insurance because they have to go out on the individual market or have a small group plan that becomes very expensive, those individuals will be able to buy cheaper health insurance, much more low-cost health insurance through what the federal government would provide. They'll be competition between public and private plans and that'll be our way of reducing costs. Because what this plan will do primarily is reduce costs for most Americans and at the same time make sure that every American has health insurance. I can't tell you how important that. It is so important for every American know they can have quality, affordable health insurance. It basically allows them to have peace of mind to not have to worry if they have one job or another. And this is what we're doing because we believe it's important for the average American. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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