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On the recordMarch 21, 2010
This marks a historic time for our country to take necessary steps to make quality, reasonably priced health care possible and accessible to many more people. The current system is broken, and there is still a lot of work to be done. And I am committed to continuing this work. But "no" is not an option. Just say "no"; just vote "no" that's what you hear from the other side. The status quo is not an option. Today we can improve our health care system by extending coverage to people with preexisting conditions like my daughter and 16,800 of my constituents in the Seventh Congressional District in Colorado. But for me, this is personal. I have a daughter with epilepsy. She didn't ask to get it. It's just part of her chemistry. I dare say everybody in this room has somebody in their family, a close friend, a neighbor with a preexisting condition, and our system, our health care system, discriminates against those people. The system that we have right now is probably unconstitutional and, I believe, downright immoral and must be changed.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado
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Mar 21, 2010

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Speaker Perlmutter addresses the need for health care reform, focusing on preexisting conditions.

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