Newt Gingrich: “I simply wanted to rise to note that we are on the verge of a historic achievement. We have a bill which will extend…”

“I simply wanted to rise to note that we are on the verge of a historic achievement. We have a bill which will extend guaranteed portability of health insurance to every American in the health insurance system. That is, you will never again have to worry about changing jobs. You will never again have job lock because of a precondition. You will never again have to worry about a precondition stopping you from getting health insurance once you are in the system. You can change jobs; you can move around; you can do what you need to do. This is a vital, vital improvement for the people of America. It is the No. 1 concern of working Americans in health care. In addition, this bill includes lower cost insurance for family farms, for small businesses, and for the self-employed; that is, the groups that have the lowest level of insurance participation, those who are the least covered by insurance. We have developed a medical savings account plan which allows them to buy lower cost health insurance to cover any kind of major illness they might have. So this is a win/win. It is better health coverage for families already in the insurance system because it eliminates preconditions, and it is lower cost health insurance for the self-employed family farms and small businesses. I simply hope that the liberals in the Senate who are blocking it will get out of the way and allow the American people to have better health insurance with better coverage at lower cost.”