The majority leader is absolutely right about scare tactics. If you are an uninsured American and you get a diagnosis of cancer this morning or you are hit in a head-on collision this afternoon or you have a child born with a disability, you ought to be very scared. He's also absolutely right about the need for patient- centered health care. We're concerned about that. We're concerned that patients without insurance today are centered--they're centered right into bankruptcy court. More and more Americans are faced with a health care crisis. This bill has nothing to do with the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department or restricting their rights. It's about restricting your rights. Now that we finally have a chance to protect Americans from insurance monopoly price gouging, from fine print in the contract for those who do have insurance that denies rights at the very time that you need them the most, that kind of protection about to go into effect, along with the right of so many Americans who are uninsured to go to a competitive private insurance marketplace and pick the policy that is best for their family, and for many Americans to have a premium tax credit, a tax credit that they want to deny to you. And what alternative do they offer? Well, the best source is the official Republican Web site. I urge you--although you will find plenty of misinformation there--to go to GOP.gov because you'll find one very revealing fact.…
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