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On the recordJanuary 7, 2011
This debate is about health care versus don't care. The Democrats' health care law lowers prescription drug costs, helps middle class families pay for health coverage for their sick children, and expands health care for 32 million more Americans, reducing the deficit by $143 billion. The Democrats' health care law helps grandma afford her prescription drugs. The Republicans don't care about grandma. They want to take back the drug benefits in the new law. GOP used to stand for Grand Old Party; now it stands for ``grandma's out of prescriptions.'' The Republicans' ``don't care'' repeal shows they don't care about sick children with medical bills pushing families into bankruptcy, that they don't care about grandma and grandpa who need help paying for prescription drugs. Vote down this rule so that we can help grandma, sick children, and middle class families struggling to pay for health care.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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