John Hope Bryant: “I too want to add my appreciation for all the hard work that the chairman has done in coming up with this very fine…”

“I too want to add my appreciation for all the hard work that the chairman has done in coming up with this very fine bill. As I sat here and listened to some of the debate, I realized that talk is cheap but prescription drugs are not cheap. They are expensive and they are getting more expensive every day. Seniors need our help today, not 4 years from now, 6 years from now. Some of us in Congress have been working together to develop a truly bipartisan plan because there is no role for politics or partisanship in this debate. There should not be. The health and financial security of millions of our seniors are at stake. And, yes, we do need to tackle and reduce the cost of medicine, but not with a Washington-based one-size-fits-all program. Every senior is a different person. Every situation is unique, and we must maintain a health care system that recognizes the sanctity of the personal doctor-patient relationship. Our plan guarantees that every senior, in a big city or in a small town across America, has access to prescription drug coverage under Medicare.”