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" A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening. "
Kathleen Sebelius
Listening
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" If your voices are not heard, you can be sure that many others will be - in particular those who are paid to present a point of view, and often do it most effectively. "
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" What we've been finding is that when you remove the barriers to innovation, you can actually hold costs down while lifting entrepreneurs up and getting better health results. "
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" But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care. "
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" From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. "
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" I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts. "
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" But wishing our Kansas soldiers 'God speed' is not enough. We need to comfort, care for, and protect their families. And we should ease the financial burdens that these families often face. "
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" The way the law is written, people who are under 250 percent of poverty, who have a marketplace plan, also are eligible to have some of their deductible and co-pay expenses paid through cost-sharing. Insurance companies basically front the money and are reimbursed by the federal government, by HHS. "
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" In many ways, human health is the great global connector. "
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" We have an opportunity to create a future where we are actually encouraging providers to keep people away from acute care, whenever possible. "
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" I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies. "
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" To me, part of the magic of this era is that the very same innovations, discoveries, and technologies that are allowing us to live longer, healthier lives are also creating a healthier economy. "
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" But for us Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor. Because no matter who you are, what stage of life you're in, this law is a good thing. "
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" General Motors spends more on health care than steel. "
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" And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. "
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" The premium tax credit that is in the Obama plan is exactly that - it is a tax credit, and it isn't cash. It is a discount on the amount that you pay for an individual policy based on your family size and your income. "
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" More than five million seniors have already saved money on their prescription drugs, and almost 33 million have benefited from free preventive services. The president cracked down hard on Medicare and health care fraud, recovering a record-breaking $10.7 billion over the last three years, protecting our seniors. That's what change looks like. "
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" If you're under 26, you can stay on your parents' plan. You can go back to school or get extra training without fear of a health catastrophe bankrupting your family. Over three million previously uninsured young adults are now on their parents' plans. "
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" The lower income individuals, under any Republican proposal, at least that I have seen, are real losers in the framework because there is not enough subsidy, not enough assistance, for them to realistically participate in the market. Particularly if you halt or rollback the Medicaid expansion, which is for the lowest income workers. "
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Real
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" American research and resources have literally changed the face of humanity, by tackling deadly and once-deadly diseases. "
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" The secretary actually already has a good deal of authority within the confines of the Affordable Care Act. Step one really is a question of whether or not HHS will continue to reimburse insurance companies for cost-sharing expenses. "
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" Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition! That's what change looks like. "
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" In this 21st century world, some of our country's most significant exports and imports extend beyond goods and services: They also include innovation, knowledge, discovery, and healing. "
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" I think one of the most underreported and untouted benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the real investments we are finally making in this country in prevention. "
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