Kennedy's Passion for Healthcare Reform

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August 26, 2009

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Senator Ted Kennedy, the "Lion of the Senate," died late on Tuesday leaving a legacy of passionately fighting for the new healthcare bill. As a cancer patient he was exposed to the challenges of the US healthcare system, as a senator -- to the best treatment this country has to offer. Saddened and enraged by the fact that so many people cannot afford comprehensive universal health insurance, Kennedy said at the Montgomery County Democratic Committee Annual Spring Reception in 2008: "If this insurance is good enough for the members of the Congress of the United States, and good enough for the president of the United States, it's good enough for everybody in Montgomery County, good enough for everyone in Pennsylvania and everyone in this country."

--Olga Razumovskaya

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