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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. "
Kathleen Sebelius
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" Global health issues remind us - perhaps more than any other issue - that we are all children of the same extended family. "
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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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" 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 essence of good government is trust. "
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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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" We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food. "
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" I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education. "
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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 men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America. "
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Great
" 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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You
Matter
" 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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People
Future
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" A lot of the discussion about rolling back the Affordable Care Act is about dismantling the marketplaces where individuals are shopping for their own coverage when they don't get it in their workplace. "
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Back
Workplace
Shopping
" 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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" 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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Health
Change
Care
" I'm a former insurance regulator. What companies really want and need is some clarity about what the rules are. "
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" While closing our innovation gaps won't solve all our problems, we have some very real opportunities to improve the quality of care that's delivered to millions of Americans. "
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" There are people in this country who have waited for decades for affordable health coverage for themselves and their families. "
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" I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies. "
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Career
Insurance
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" We've been finding that when you empower engineers, scientists, and coders, they respond by creating new tools to empower physicians, patients, and parents. "
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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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People
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" I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts. "
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" Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. 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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World
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" There's a digital revolution taking place both in and out of government in favor of open-sourced data, innovation, and collaboration. "
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Collaboration
Innovation
Revolution
" 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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View
Present
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" Although black and white Americans live, work, and learn together now, there is still injustice in America. "
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Together
Live
Work
" 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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Good
Step
Authority
" Republican House members, including Tom Price, when he was still in the Republican House, sued HHS, suggesting that payment to insurance companies for cost-sharing exceeded the authority of HHS. That case was basically withdrawn when President Trump was elected, in hopes that the Affordable Care Act would be repealed - but we're back to the law. "
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Insurance
Authority
Care
" If you're self-employed, between jobs, or can't get insurance through work, you'll have access to affordable health insurance as good as Congressman Paul Ryan's. "
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