Representative Sutton Speaks in Support of Health Care Reform

June 16, 2009

Floor Statement

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stress the importance of reforming our health care system this year.

Every day, Americans with health concerns worry not just about getting well, but whether they can afford to get well.

Statistics show that the average American family already pays an extra $1,100 in premiums every year for a broken system that leaves 46 million uninsured Americans and millions more who are insured without the care they need when they need it.

Americans spend more than any other population on health care, yet we are no healthier for the investment.

President Obama and this Congress want to change this dynamic.

We must make quality health care more affordable and accessible to every American man, woman and child.

We must enact a health care system and promote a health care system that will work for our constituents and be worthy of this great nation.