Historic Day in Health Care Reform
“The current state of our health care system is unsustainable. Sunday’s historic vote is one step in achieving comprehensive insurance reform. While the bill is not perfect, I am pleased to see that it makes many changes that middle class Americans so desperately need, including ending discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, reducing costs for small businesses by providing immediate tax credits for employee health care, limiting out-of-pocket costs for Illinois families, and improving coverage for 466,000 residents of Illinois’ 10th Congressional District. This bill will reduce the deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years and it will help eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, and excessive profits for private insurers.”