Joe Baca: “The clock is ticking. Too many American families still don't have access to health care. We are at the goal line and we…”

“The clock is ticking. Too many American families still don't have access to health care. We are at the goal line and we need to take the ball across the line on behalf of the American people. A step-by-step approach is not the answer, especially when families in my district face 14 percent unemployment and many are without health coverage. In my home State of California, Anthem Blue Cross raised our premiums up to 39 percent. This must stop. We must pass health care reform that ends discrimination based on preexisting conditions; that makes health insurance affordable; that creates greater accountability on health insurance companies; that cuts the deficit by $100 billion over the next 10 years; that allows doctors and patients, not insurance companies, to make important health care decisions; that does not break the bank for small businesses. I urge my colleagues to stop partisan politics and deliver health care reform. We need it now and for generations to come.”