Sheila Jackson Lee: “While that reduction shows movement in the right direction, any reduction will hinder the ability of doctors to…”

“While that reduction shows movement in the right direction, any reduction will hinder the ability of doctors to effectively treat patients who need their care and who are the most vulnerable--pregnant women, children, the elderly and, of course, the feeble, who are suffering from preexisting diseases or chronic illnesses. So it is important that H.R. 5712, the Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010, is passed. What I would ask, Madam Speaker, is: Who are we if we cannot take care of the least of those? I don't consider doctors wanting more than they deserve. I consider doctors getting what they deserve to help care for the sick of this Nation. I hope that we will have a bill that the President can sign and that we will be able to address the question of good health care in America. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the amendment to H.R. 5712, "The Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010." Under the current health care law, more than 32 million additional Americans are expected to get insurance, either through an extension of Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor, or through exchanges where low- and moderate-income individuals and families will be able to purchase private insurance with federal subsidies.”