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Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2016

Floor Speech

Date: March 24, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Minors and Children Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

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Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I also rise to speak in favor of the
Portman amendment. This amendment is based on a bill I introduced
earlier this year called the ACE Kids Act that recognizes the critical
importance of Medicaid to children with severe medical conditions. It
highlights the need for greater coordination and integration of care
across the country for 2 million children.

Earlier this month, I met with Everett Ediger at Children's Hospital
of Colorado in Denver. Everett is 8 years old and has spina bifida, a
neurological disorder of the spine. It took his mom Maureen 2 years to
get him signed up under Medicaid and to establish a system to
coordinate all of his care.

While Everett was beating me at air hockey, he let his mom explain to
me about the frustrating experience of trying to coordinate all of her
son's specialists and the payments for his care.

We need to focus on children such as Everett all across this country.

I thank my colleague Senator Portman for his leadership in offering
this amendment.

I urge my colleagues to vote yes.

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