Washington—United States Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) made the following statement today after attending the historic White House signing of the Senate Health Insurance Reform bill, which Lincoln supported last Christmas Eve by casting a “yes” vote for the measure.
“Today is a momentous day for Arkansas’s families and small businesses who will immediately benefit from this legislation,” Lincoln said. “I was proud to be on hand as the Senate health insurance reform legislation that I helped craft was signed into law. I now look forward to watching the benefits of this legislation improve the lives of Arkansans, by reducing costs for small business owners and the self-employed so they can reinvest the savings in their companies and hire more workers, by forcing insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions, by preserving Medicare for future generations and by reducing the deficit by more than one trillion dollars over the next 20 years.”